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单词 publicly
释义

publicly

/ˈpʌblɪkli /
adverb
1So as to be seen by other people; in public: some weep publicly...
  • He was the last person in Britain sentenced to be publicly hanged, drawn and quartered.
  • The Aberdeen manager does not accept that he did the dirty on his players by publicly hanging them out to dry.
  • Hare turned King's evidence, but Burke was hanged and afterwards publicly dissected.
1.1 [often sentence adverb] Used in reference to views expressed to others and not necessarily genuinely felt: publicly, officials criticized the resolution, but privately they thought it tolerable...
  • But we rarely hear any of these views expressed publicly by mainstream politicians.
  • Some will feel pressured to publicly display views they do not agree with.
  • They might critique them privately, but not necessarily in print or publicly.
2By the state rather than an independent, commercial company: a publicly owned company...
  • Another was that high-risk missions should be publicly, rather than privately funded.
  • Academies are publicly funded independent schools which provide education to students of all abilities.
  • Is he basically saying these are political organisations publicly funded by another name?

Usage

Note that the spelling is publicly, not -ally.

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