Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #5243
Fully loadedprivacy
隐私；个人隐私
The right to keep personal information and one's private life out of public view.
- 1.
The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
远离他人存在、视线或知晓的状态。
- 2.
the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
不被他人看到或接触的状态
- 3.
Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one's private life.
免于不必要或不当干扰私人生活的自由。
- 4.
the condition of being concealed or hidden
被隐藏或隐蔽的状态
- 5.
Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.
免于有害的公开、公众审视、监视以及个人信息披露的自由,通常指政府或私人组织造成的。
独处；私密；不受打扰；远离他人存在、视线或知晓的状态。；不被他人看到或接触的状态；免于不必要或不当干扰私人生活的自由。；被隐藏或隐蔽的状态
In use
I value my privacy and rarely share personal details online.
The new curtains ensure our privacy from the neighbors.
She requested privacy during the meeting to discuss sensitive issues.
have privacy
In a small apartment, it is hard to have any privacy.
在小公寓里，很难有任何隐私。
in privacy
They discussed the matter in privacy.
他们私下讨论了这件事。
right to privacy
The new law protects citizens' right to privacy.
Connections
Collocations
- invade privacy
- 侵犯隐私
- The media should not invade a celebrity's privacy.媒体不应侵犯名人的隐私。
- right to privacy
- 隐私权
- Everyone has the right to privacy.每个人都有隐私权。
- privacy settings
- 隐私设置
- Check your privacy settings on social media.在社交媒体上检查你的隐私设置。
- respect privacy
- 尊重隐私
- We must respect each other's privacy.我们必须尊重彼此的隐私。
- protect privacy
- 保护隐私
- Companies need to protect customer privacy.公司需要保护客户隐私。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
隐私（privacy）拆解为‘pri（私）’和‘vacy（空）’，即‘私人的空位’，就是不想被打扰的空间。
Context & Register
通常用于个人、法律、科技等语境，属于中性正式用词。
Grammar Note
不可数名词，常与 of 连用表示'…的隐私'。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words are actual rhymes with 'privacy' (pronounced /ˈprɪv.ə.si/) because their stressed vowel or following consonant cluster differ. They are useful for comparing the '-acy' spelling pattern.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.