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单词 privy
释义
privy
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈprɪv.i/us
/ˈprɪv.i/
be privy tosomething
to be toldinformationthat is not told to manypeople:
私下知道，知晓（内情）
I was never privy toconversationsbetweentopmanagement.高层管理者之间的对话我从不知情。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Aware
  • abreast
  • acquainted
  • alive
  • alive tosomethingidiom
  • awake
  • awakening
  • conscious
  • familiar
  • gen
  • genned up
  • have/keepyourfinger on the pulseidiom
  • informed
  • insider
  • on the insideidiom
  • overeducated
  • perceive
  • picture
  • preliterate
  • profound
  • putsomeonein the pictureidiom
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privy
noun[C]
old use
uk
/ˈprɪv.i/us
/ˈprɪv.i/
atoilet,especiallyin a verysmallbuildingin thegardenof ahouse
厕所
Synonyms
lavUKinformal
toilet(CONTAINER)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parts of buildings: the toilet
  • bathroom
  • bedpan
  • bog
  • chamber pot
  • cistern
  • cloakroom
  • convenience
  • flush
  • flushable
  • gent
  • john
  • ladies' room
  • latrine
  • lav
  • litter
  • potty chair
  • powder room
  • public convenience
  • restroom
  • smallest room
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(Definition ofprivyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

privy| American Dictionary

privy
adjective[not gradable]
fml
us
/ˈprɪv·i/
havingsecretknowledge:
Onlytopmanagementwasprivy to(=knewabout)theproposedmerger.
(Definition ofprivyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprivy

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Theprivycouncil continues to be regarded as the main, corporate, advisory body and extra-conciliar counsel as antipathetical to the ' normal ' process of policy-making.
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The subject was first brought up in theprivycouncil's preparations for the session of 1563 (two sessions back).
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Nor would it be accessible to anyone who was notprivyto, or did not care to identify themselves as, participants in reservation semiotics.
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In addition to leaving fines uncollected, theprivycouncil limited the impact of recusancy laws in other ways.
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More than this, they implicitly questioned the way the king andprivycouncil were running the war.
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Finding no hope of reconciliation, the sub-commissioners buckled and passed the project back to theprivycouncil.
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Hacket and his companions evidently intended to replace the ejectedprivycouncillors with their own nominees.
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Although the records have not survived, reports to theprivycouncil of their proceedings give some indication of the number of parishes affected.
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Theprivycouncil clearly recognized the importance of plays in shaping public opinion.
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Although we cannot beprivyto the cognitive contents of animal dreams, we do have some behavioral access to their emotional contents.
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In the latter case the interlocutor is madeprivyto internal 'private' processes.
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The nobility were exempt but could be made to swear the oath if asked by six members of theprivycouncil.
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The court cited studies by the tenement department attesting to the superiority of water closets overprivyvaults.
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To protect confidentiality, the interviewers would not beprivyto the information regarding the research subjects' precise condition and medical history.
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Settlement between the feuding parties was reached before theprivycouncil six weeks later and both agreed to drop their legal actions.
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