privy

英 [ˈprɪvi]

美 [ˈprɪvi]

adj. 准许知情; 可参与秘事
n. (户外)厕所，茅房

复数：privies　

Collins.1 / BNC.8767 / COCA.13963

牛津词典

adj.

准许知情；可参与秘事
allowed to know about sth secret
1. She was not privy to any information contained in the letters.
  她未获准接触那些信的内容。

noun

ADJ 允许获知的；知情的；了解内情的
If you areprivy tosomething secret, you have been allowed to know about it.
1. Only three people, including a policeman, will be privy to the facts.
  只会允许3个人，其中包括一名警察，了解这些内情。
（尤指户外的）厕所，茅房
Aprivyis a toilet, especially one that is in a small building outside a house.

noun

a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
Synonym:outhouseearth-closetjakes
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
Synonym:toiletlavatorylavcanjohnbathroom

adj

hidden from general view or use
1. a privy place to rest and think
2. a secluded romantic spot
3. a secret garden
Synonym:secludedsecret

Outsiders are not privy to the party's inner workings.
外人无法得知该党的内部运作。
You gather the kindling, husk the acorns, and dig a new privy hole when asked.
你采集火柴，剥橡果，叫你挖一个单独的新洞你就挖。
I feel as if I am back in the privy again, watching my father die.
我感觉自己又回到了那个厕所，看着自己的父亲死亡。
A privy place to rest and think; a secluded romantic spot; a secret garden.
一个休息和思考的私人空间；一个隐蔽的传奇的地点；秘密花园。
The privy took proceedings against the company.
当事人对这家公司提起诉讼。
Or as sulky as a member of the Privy council.
也可以像英国枢密院的议员般严厉。
How far he was right in this conjecture, and what he ought to think of his mother, how far she was privy to this murder were the doubts which continually harassed and distracted him.
到底应该怎样看待他的母亲：这个谋杀她参加了多少？这些疑问不断地困扰着他，使他心神不定。
Finally, they created the Witan ( council or meeting of the wisemen) to advise the king, the basis of the Privy Council which still exists today.
最后，他们还创立了议会（贤人会议），向国王提供建议，这就成为了今天仍存在的枢密院的基础。
I was hardly privy to everything about his practice.
我对他的行医状况毫不知情。
I wasn't privy to the negotiations.
我对那些谈判并不知情。