请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 private wrong
释义

private /prīˈvət/

adjective
  1. (of a person or individual) not in public office
  2. (of a member of parliament) not holding government office
  3. (of a soldier) not an officer or non-commissioned officer
  4. Peculiar to oneself, personal, individual
  5. Own
  6. Relating to personal affairs
  7. Set apart or divorced from matters of state
  8. In an unofficial capacity
  9. Belonging to or concerning an individual person or company
  10. (of industries, etc) owned and run by private individuals, not by the state
  11. Not coming under the state system of education, health care, social welfare, etc
  12. Paid for or paying individually by fee
  13. Independent
  14. Not open to or available for the use of the general public
  15. Not made known generally
  16. Confidential
  17. Retired from observation, secluded
  18. Of reserved personality, shunning publicity
  19. Alone (old)
  20. Privy (obsolete)
noun
  1. Privacy
  2. A private person (Shakespeare, Milton)
  3. (in pl) private parts
  4. A private soldier
  5. A secret message (Shakespeare)
ORIGIN: L prīvātus, pap of prīvāre to deprive, to separate

prīˈvately adverb

prīˈvateness noun (rare)

privatizāˈtion or privatisāˈtion noun

prīˈvatize or prīˈvatise transitive verb

  1. To transfer from ownership by the state into private ownership
  2. To denationalize

priˈvatizer or priˈvatiser noun

private act or private bill noun

One that deals with the concerns of private persons

private company noun

A company whose shares may not be offered to the general public

private detective see detective under detect

private enterprise noun

An economic system in which individual private firms operate and compete freely

private equity company noun (commerce)

A private company that uses borrowed capital to fund takeovers

private eye noun (informal)

A private detective

private first class noun

A rank in the US Army between private and corporal

private hotel noun

A term of uncertain meaning, popularly understood to imply that the proprietors do not commit themselves to receiving chance travellers

private house noun

The dwelling-house of a private individual, as contrasted with a shop, office or public building

private income noun

Private means (qv below)

private investigator noun (esp N American)

A private detective

private judgement noun

Freedom to judge for oneself, eg (religion) unhindered by the interpretation of the church

private law noun

That part of law which deals with the rights and duties of persons as individuals in relation to each other

private life noun

Personal, social and family relationships and activities, esp of someone much in the public eye

private means noun

Income from investments, etc as opposed to salary or fees for work done

private member's bill noun

A bill introduced and sponsored by a private member in parliament

private parts plural noun (euphemistic)

The external sexual or excretory organs

private patient noun

In the UK, a patient whose treatment is not being paid for by the National Health Service

private pay bed see pay bed under pay1

private practice noun

In the UK, medical practice that does not come under the National Health Service

private press noun

A printing concern run by a private individual for recreation rather than profitmaking

private school noun

A school run independently by an individual or a group, esp for profit

private secretary noun

  1. A secretary who looks after the personal and confidential affairs of a business person, etc
  2. An aide to a government minister or senior official

private sector noun

The part of a country's economy owned, operated, etc, by private individuals and firms, opp to public sector

private treaty noun

A method of selling property in which the selling price is negotiated directly by the buyer and seller

private view noun

A preview of an art exhibition, etc held for specially invited guests, before it is opened to the general public

private wrong noun

An injury done to an individual in his or her private capacity

in private

  1. Not in public
  2. Away from public view
  3. Secretly

wrong /rong/

adjective
  1. Incorrect
  2. Erroneous
  3. Morally unacceptable, immoral, wicked, sinful
  4. Unacceptable according to some other recognized or imposed standard eg of taste or judgement
  5. Not that (thing or person) which is required, intended, advisable or suitable
  6. Amiss, unsatisfactory
  7. Defective, faulty
  8. Mistaken, misinformed
  9. (of one side of a garment, fabric, etc) intended to be turned inward or under, not intended to be on view, under, inner, reverse
  10. Crooked, curved, twisted, bent (obsolete)
noun
  1. Whatever is not right or just
  2. Any injury done to another
  3. Wrongdoing
  4. Damage, harm (rare)
adverb
  1. Incorrectly
  2. Not in the right way, improperly, badly
  3. Away from the right direction, astray
transitive verb
  1. To treat unjustly, do wrong to
  2. To judge unfairly, impute fault to unjustly
  3. To deprive of some right
  4. To defraud
  5. To dishonour
  6. To seduce (old)
  7. To harm physically (obsolete and Scot)
  8. To impair, spoil (obsolete)
ORIGIN: OE wrang a wrong; most prob ON rangr unjust; related to OE wringan to wring (like Fr tort from L tortus twisted)

wrongˈer noun

A person who wrongs another

wrongˈful adjective

  1. Wrong
  2. Unjust
  3. Unlawful
  4. Not legitimate
  5. Unjustly held (Spenser)

wrongˈfully adverb

wrongˈfulness noun

wrongˈly adverb

wrongˈness noun

wrongˈous /rongˈgəs or rongˈəs/ adjective (old)

Unjust, illegal, wrongful

wrongˈously adverb

wrongˈdoer noun

An offender or transgressor

wrongˈdoing noun

Evil or illegal action or conduct

wrong-footˈ transitive verb

To cause to be (physically or mentally) off balance, or at a disadvantage

wrong-headˈed adjective

Obstinate and perverse, adhering stubbornly to wrong principles or policy

wrong-headˈedly adverb

wrong-headˈedness noun

wrong-mindˈed adjective

Having erroneous views

wrong number noun

  1. A telephone number with which a caller is connected in error, esp through misdialling
  2. A call involving such a misconnection

wrongˈ-timedˈ adjective (old)

Inopportune

wrongˈ'un noun (informal)

  1. A dishonest character, a rogue
  2. A googly (cricket)

do wrong

To act immorally or illegally

do wrong to (someone) or do (someone) wrong

  1. To treat (someone) unjustly
  2. (with oneself) to be mistaken (obsolete)

get hold of the wrong end of the stick

To misunderstand something totally

get in wrong with (informal)

To get on the wrong side of

get off on the wrong foot see under foot

get on the wrong side of

To arouse dislike or antagonism in

get out of bed on the wrong side

To get up in the morning in a bad mood

get wrong

  1. To misunderstand
  2. To misinterpret (a person) as in (informal) don't get me wrong
  3. To get the wrong answer to (a sum, puzzle, question, etc)

go down the wrong way

(of food) to enter the trachea instead of the oesophagus

go wrong

  1. (of plans, etc) to fail to go as intended
  2. To make a mistake or mistakes
  3. To stray morally
  4. To stop functioning properly

have wrong (obsolete)

To suffer injustice or injury

in the wrong

  1. Holding an erroneous view or unjust position
  2. Guilty of error or injustice

private wrong

A violation of the civil or personal rights of an individual

public wrong

A crime that affects the community

put in the wrong

To cause to appear in error, guilty of injustice, etc

wrong in the head (informal)

Mentally unbalanced, mad

wrong side out

Inside out

wrong way round or up

Respectively back to front and upside down
随便看

　

英语词典包含305067条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

　

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2025/1/23 13:38:27