| 单词 | private life |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivate life private life n. a person's domestic or personal life, as distinct from that relating to his or her employment, official position, public image, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > freedom from public attention or intrusion > private life private life?a1475 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 419 (MED) Galba Seruius..reigned after Nero vij monethes; The priuate lyfe [Trev. prive lyf; L. vita privata] of whom was noble. 1526 R. Whitford tr. Martiloge f. cxxxiv He resygned his crowne, & lyued a holy pryuate lyfe. 1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina ii. 205 They see the poverty of a private life, but are strangers to its contentment, and contemns its lownesse without weighing its security. ?1790 J. M. Adair Unanswerable Arguments against Abolition Slave Trade v. 173 I think planters are much too remiss on this head; owing to their not employing a little attention to the private life and manners of their slaves. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xvi. 193 A full account of the Ball..with the Sewer's own particulars of the private lives of all the ladies that was there! 1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. xxii. 169 Her own private life, now in ruins, insisted upon claiming her attention, and she could not pretend to herself that it was less important than the private lives of all the other women in the factory. 1992 Independent 27 Jan. 20/2 A sense of honour and a degree of self-mastery in private life are virtues in public men and women. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。