private
单词辨析：
指属于或关于某个人的，只作定语；也指有关个人生活的。
Her personal view is that they should leave for Shanghai in October.
她个人认为他们应该10月份动身去上海。
They rented the room together, but the TV and that wooden chair were his personal belongings.
他们合租了这间屋子，但是电视和那把木椅子是他的私人物品。
Can I ask you a personal question?
我可以问你一个私人问题吗？
指属于或专供个体而非群体的，只作定语。
Parents always want their children to get more individual attention in class.
家长们总是希望自己的孩子在班上能得到更多的个别关注。
The bedroom is designed to suit her individual needs.
卧室是按照她的个人需求来设计的。
指只供某个人或群体使用的，强调非公用性；也指私人的、与公事或官职无关的。
Does he really have a private jet?
他真的有一架私人喷气式飞机吗？
She bought a computer for her private use.
她买了台电脑供自己使用。
Don't open that letter - it's private.
别打开那封信——那是私人信件。
The president has paid a private visit to China.
总统对中国进行了私人访问。
相关例句：
My private affairs are no one's business but my own.
我自己的事自己管，不用其他人操心。
Politicians 'private lives have no relevance to their public roles
政治家的私生活与他们的公众角色不相关。
Chinese waiters stood in a cluster, sharing a private joke
华人服务生们站在一起，讲着只有他们自己才懂的笑话。
Some of what we're talking about might better be discussed in private.
我们要谈论的一些事情最好是在私下里讨论。
When off duty I can do my private work.
不上班的时候我可以做自己的事了。
Brian Epstein was buried in a private ceremony at Long Lane Cemetery, Liverpool.
在利物浦朗雷恩公墓为布赖恩·爱泼斯坦举行了私人葬礼。