核心畫面
You can picture a closed door. Whatever happens on this side of it does not cross to the other side: no extra eyes, no extra ears, no public record. From that one door you get everything — talking to someone alone, keeping a thought inside your own head, agreeing to something off the record, and something being owned by particular people rather than by everyone through the government.
可以想成一道關上的門。門這邊發生的事不會傳到門那邊去:沒有多餘的眼睛、多餘的耳朵,也不會留下公開的紀錄。整個字都從這…更多收起
可以想成一道關上的門。門這邊發生的事不會傳到門那邊去:沒有多餘的眼睛、多餘的耳朵,也不會留下公開的紀錄。整個字都從這道門長出來——單獨跟某人講話、把想法留在自己腦子裡、私底下講好但不寫進正式紀錄、以及某樣東西屬於特定的人而不是透過政府屬於大家。原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
privatelyadv/ˈpɹaɪvɪtli/
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In a private manner.
- Arley's ferry boat has been replaced by a single-span pedestrian bridge. This leads to the old Harbour Inn and the impeccably restored railway station, now part of the privately run steam-operated Severn Valley Railway.
- Alonso and Ferrari may well privately regret the decision to delay their second pit stop until two laps after Maldonado made his on the 24th of 66 laps.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。