英 [ˈpraɪvətli] 美 [ˈpraɪvətli]
adv. 私下地；秘密地
privately /praɪvɪtlɪ/
副词 If you buy or sell something privately, you buy it from or sell it to another person directly, rather than in a shop or through a business. 私下地 (买、卖)
The whole process makes buying a car privately as painless as buying from a garage.
这整个过程使得私下买车和从汽车行买一样轻松。
→see alsoprivate
kept private or confined to those intimately concerned
it was discussed privately between the two men ; privately, she thought differently ; some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat
同义词： in private / in camera
by a private person or interest
a privately financed campaign
其实，许多运动员在赛场上是对手，私下里(Privately)是好朋友，他们也要闭幕式后，踏上返乡的飞机，大家在闭幕式握手离别，真的谈不上狂欢啊。
...，我上班不在家的时候，说了很多伤人的话，而她也觉得很委屈，因为当时是我不敢通知家人，怕家人继承不了，她如果私自(Privately)说了，那必须会跟我有矛盾，而现在我妈又怪她，她觉得她帮了我，却换来我家人这样的态度，很委屈，而且事情闹成这样，她已经和我...
... privacy隐退，隐居处，秘密 privately私下地，秘密地 process作用；方法；推移‖加工，处理；冲洗 ...
私下地；秘密地
Most of the apartments are privately owned.
多数公寓房都是私人的。
I spoke privately to the candidate after the oral.
口试结束后，我私下和那个考生说了几句话。
Privately, she worries about whether she's really good enough.
私下里，她担心她是不是真的够好。
For the most part, the Confederacy depended on privately owned ships to get goods in and out of the South.
VOA : special.2009.09.10
That was it. We decided.. I mean we are just talking about when you speak privately, you can be so much more open and so much more grave about things.
就是这样，我们决定，我们刚刚还聊到,当你私下聊天，就会变得更加坦诚,更加勇敢。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
He responds to this grievous loss privately by taking it on himself, by seeking to master it himself, and specifically as a worker.
他私下里对失去孩子的痛苦的反应,是自己承受，努力地自己承受，尤其是作为一名工人。
现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
They are able to speak privately with trained operators about contraceptive methods and about health clinics.
VOA : special.2010.05.03
The privately supported prize will be awarded in Des Moines,Iowa,in October.
VOA : special.2010.06.22
The privately held company is trying to claw its way amid soft demand for semiconductors.
To solve that problem Medical Education Technologies, a privately held firm in Sarasota, Fla.
Today privately held Niagara has 1, 000 customers in California, Nevada and Arizona and employs 245 people.