| 单词 | in private |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin private a. in private: privately, confidentially, or secretly; in private company; in private life. Formerly also †on private. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [adverb] privement?c1225 privilya1250 asidesc1384 out of commonaltya1400 privatelyc1425 privatec1443 asidec1460 in private1469 under the rose1546 closely1552 on private1582 in particular1585 retiredly1599 sotto voce1819 in camera1826 on the quiet1856 on the (strict) q.t.1885 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [adverb] in privity?c1225 in private1469 on private1582 monkishly1595 retiredly1599 recluse1612 reclusely1748 in seclusion1785 secludedly1837 en retraite1840 reclusively1845 upon the snug1861 to lie up1881 1469 Charter Edinb. Reg. House No. 419 I sall neuer in privat nothr in part be me or ony otheris..hendyr [etc.]. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 188 Doth not that deserue to be liked on in priuate, which is thoroughly tryed being showed forth in common? 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 9 Hee walcks on priuat with noane but faythful Achates. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 171 Confesse they do, but not greatly in priuate. 1672 R. Baxter Church told of Bagshaw's Scandals iii. 32 Could you wish..that the..Protestant Religion were kept up by none but the unconformable Ministers in private? 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. ix. 273 You are absolutely forbidden speaking to him in private. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. v. 197 If you must be tyrannical, Madam, indulge your humour in private. 1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds vi Let each family eat in private. 1896 C. G. D. Roberts Forge in Forest viii. 101 Would you speak with me in private, Father? 1952 B. Davidson Rep. S. Afr. i. i. 27 No serious South African will argue any longer (at least in private) that apartheid..can work. 1992 Face Feb. 14/2 Ashley..[is] willing to say in print what many more are muttering in private. < as lemmas |
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