private, individual, personal
这三个词共同的意思是“私人的”。
1.private指“私立的,私有的,私人的”,与“公立的,公有的,公共的”相对。
2.personal指“本人的”“亲自的,人身的”,与“由他人代表的,不涉及个人的”相对立。
3.individual强调“个体的,个别的”,与“普遍的,集体的”相对立。
personal，private，individual
这些形容词都含“个人的、私人的”之意。
personal指属于或关于某人或某些特定的人，以区别于其他人。
private指属于私人所有或具有私营性质，以区别于集体或公共的，有时含不公开的意味。
individual与集体的相对，指个别或个体的。
Cecil can be very rude in private, though in public he is usually polite.
塞西尔在大庭广众中通常很有礼貌, 但私下里很粗鲁.
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a room set aside for private study
单留出来的书房
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How does a private pilot get access to the airways?
私人飞行员如何进入航空路线呢？
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Patronage of the arts comes from businesses and private individuals.
对艺术的资助来自企业和个人。
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He has a private matter which he will never tell anyone.
他有一个绝对不能告诉任何人的隐私.
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We were alone, completely private, with not even Angela present.
就我们自己，没有其他人打扰，连安吉拉也不在。
——柯林斯例句
The landowners have had to sell their private aircraft.
这些土地所有者不得不卖掉自己的私人飞机。
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Only the privileged few could afford to send their children to private schools.
只有少数享有特权的人才能负担得起送孩子去私立学校就读.
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The new law empowered the police to search private house.
新法律给予警察搜查私人住宅的权利。
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He is a buck private.
他是一名列兵.
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They have licensed the private hotel.
他们已发了许可证给那家私人旅馆.
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The soldiers were billeted in private homes.
士兵们被安排在民宅中住宿。
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Like their children, parents are often defensive about their private lives.
就像子女一样，父母也常常很注重保护他们的私生活。
——柯林斯例句
There are 76 individually furnished bedrooms, all with private bathrooms.
这里有76间陈设各异的卧室，都配有独立卫生间。
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After 18 years in Congress, he intented to return to private life.
在国会供职18年后, 他打算告老还乡.
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Private firms are willing to make large scale investments to help cure Russia's economic troubles.
私有企业愿意投巨资帮助俄罗斯渡过经济难关。
——柯林斯例句
commercial advertisers masquerading as private individuals
乔装成普通百姓的商业广告商
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She tried to prevent her work from encroaching too far on her private life.
她尽力避免工作过多地影响她的私生活.
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Her questions about my private life embarrassed me.
她询问我的私生活使我感到很尴尬。
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The economy was hidebound by public spending and private monopolies.
经济由于公共开支和私有垄断而变得僵化。
——柯林斯例句
Privatisation goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry.
私有化有悖于他们反对工业私有的原则。
——柯林斯例句
The Government is making the taxpayer pay to fatten up a public sector business for private sale.
政府正在用纳税人的钱壮大一家公有企业，再进行私人认购。
——柯林斯例句
I've always kept my private and professional life separate.
我总是将私生活和工作分开。
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It's a private matter.
这是件私事儿。
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Public business comes before private affairs . The state comes before the family.
公而忘私, 国而忘家.
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She decided to sue for libel after the newspaper smeared her private life.
她决定起诉这家报纸对其私生活进行诬蔑.
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What consenting adults do in private is their own business.
已达承诺年龄的成年人私下进行的活动是他们自己的事。
柯林斯例句
innuendoes about her private life
对她私生活含沙射影的指责
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