第三人称复数：publics
形容词公开的; 公众的，公共的; 政府的; 人人知道的，知名的
名词大众; 社会; 公共场所; （文学家等的）爱读者
形容词private
形容词
1. The city central public square is hung with coloured flags.
市中心广场上挂着各式彩旗。
2. They made the secret public.
他们公开了这个秘密。
名词
1. The gardens are open to the public.
公园对公众开放。
2. The museum is open to the public.
这个博物馆对大众开放。
交通
B：You’re (doing your part for/ helping/ helping out) the environment by using public transportation, too.
你使用公交车也在为环境（尽一点自己的力量/做点贡献/做些贡献）。
A：True.
那倒是。
Apply for a school-(申请学校)
A：I’m trying to decide what school to apply for.
我在考虑申请哪一所学校。
B：Are you thinking about a public school or a private one？
是上公立学校还是私立学校？
A：I’m not sure. What’s the difference between them?
我也不知道。有什么区别？
B：Public schools are usually state funded, whereas private schools usually get their funding elsewhere.
公立学校通常是州政府投资办学，而私立学校通常是通过其他方式筹集资金。
A：Which is better?
那么哪一个更好呢？
B：One isn’t necessarily better than the other. It depends a lot on the school administration and the teachers.
不是一所就比另外一所好。这跟学校的管理和师资有很大关系。
A：I hear you have to wear unifomp3s at private schools.
我听说私立学校要穿校服。
B：Yeah, sometimes.
是，有时候是这样。
体育运动
A：Where did you go yesterday?
昨天你到哪里去了？
B：I went to play tennis in the public park.
我到公园里去打网球。
A：How often do you play tennis?
你多久打一次？
B：Twice a week. How about you?
每星期两次。你呢？
A：I seldom play tennis. I prefer football and basketball.
我很少打网球。我比较喜欢足球和篮球。
B：But it is very difficult to gather a team of players together.
但是要凑足一队球员是很难的。
A：I usually play with my schoolmates.
我通常和同学们一块儿玩。
B：Do you like watching football matches?
你喜欢看足球比赛吗？
A：Yes, I went to the Tian He Sports Center for the football match last Sunday.
是的，我上星期天还到天河体育中心去看足球比赛了呢。
B：Oh, I watched it on television. It was an exciting match.
哦，我在电视上看过。那是一场紧张的比赛。
1. 公用的：在这个实例中,People将数据都封装起来,usePeople则使用People类提供的两个公用的(public)方法来设置成员变量的值,以及打印这些成员变量的值. 5) 外部类不能访问静态(static)变量. ___________
1. 平民；百姓；民众
You can refer to people in general, or to all the people in a particular country or community, as the public .
e.g. Lauderdale House is now open to the public...
劳德代尔艺术教育中心现已向公众开放。
e.g. Pure alcohol is not for sale to the general public...
纯酒精不向大众出售。
2. public
2. 志趣相投（或从事同一类活动、具有共同特征）的群体
You can refer to a set of people in a country who share a common interest, activity, or characteristic as a particular kind of public .
e.g. Market research showed that 93% of the viewing public wanted a hit film channel.
市场调查表明93%的观众希望有一个播放热门影片的频道。
e.g. ...the American voting public.
美国选民
3. 公众的；大众的
Public means relating to all the people in a country or community.
e.g. The President is attempting to drum up public support for his economic program.
总统正竭力争取公众对他的经济计划予以支持。
4. 政府的；国家的；公共事务的
Public means relating to the government or state, or things that are done for the people by the state.
e.g. The social services account for a substantial part of public spending.
社会福利事业占了一大部分的公共支出。
5. 公用的；公共的
Public buildings and services are provided for everyone to use.
e.g. ...the New York Public Library...
纽约公立图书馆
e.g. The new museum must be accessible by public transport.
新博物馆必须能乘坐公共交通工具到达。
6. （场所）公共的，公开的
A public place is one where people can go about freely and where you can easily be seen and heard.
e.g. ...the heavily congested public areas of international airports...
国际机场人潮涌动的公共场所
e.g. I avoid working in places which are too public.
我避免在过于抛头露面的地方工作。
7. （人物或生活）公众的
If someone is a public figure or in public life, many people know who they are because they are often mentioned in newspapers and on television.
e.g. The Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday hit out at public figures who commit adultery...
昨天坎特伯雷大主教严厉抨击了几位与人通奸的公众人物。
e.g. I'd like to see more women in public life, especially Parliament.
我希望看到更多女性参与公众事务，尤其是能在议会中工作。
8. （声明、事件等）公开的，公之于众的
Public is used to describe statements, actions, and events that are made or done in such a way that any member of the public can see them or be aware of them.
e.g. The National Heritage Committee has conducted a public inquiry to find the answer...
国家遗产委员会进行了公开调查以寻找答案。
e.g. The comments were the ministry's first detailed public statement on the subject...
这些评论是该部委第一次就此事所作的详细公开声明。
9. 公之于众的；公开的；人人皆知的
If a fact is made public or becomes public, it becomes known to everyone rather than being kept secret.
e.g. Blair wants any new evidence on IRA pub bombs made public...
布莱尔希望将任何关于爱尔兰共和军制造的酒馆爆炸事件的新证据都公之于众。
e.g. The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public.
一旦披露出去，真相会让人非常尴尬。
10. 出现在公众视线中；为公众熟知的；广为人知
If someone is in the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers.
e.g. One expects people in the public eye to conduct their personal lives with a certain decorum...
人们期望公众人物的私生活能检点些。
e.g. He has kept his wife and daughter out of the public eye.
他一直让妻子和女儿远离公众视线。
11. 上市；公开出售股份
If a company goes public, it starts selling its shares on the stock exchange.
e.g. In 1951 AC went public, having achieved an average annual profit of more than £50,000.
AC公司于1951年上市，当时平均年利润为5万多英镑。
12. public
12. 公开地；当众
If you say or do something in public, you say or do it when a group of people are present.
e.g. Bylaws are to make it illegal to smoke in public.
地方法规将规定在公共场合抽烟为非法。
13. to wash your dirty linen in public -> see dirty
1. A media war on waste is being launched in Beijing with the help of the general public.
2. The author is a senior research fellow specializing in public policy at the University of International Business and Economics.
3. The credit cards are for public service employees to use for their expenses, including business travels and conferences.
4. The credit cards are to be used by public service employees for expenses, including business travel and conferences.
5. This business tactic smells like a numbers game meant to mislead the public.
6. In China there is a cottage industry that pays people to act as if they are the voices of the public.
7. Among them four hotels were fined for operating a business without receiving a public health permit.
8. There would be one each for professional accountants in public practice and professional accountants in business.
9. This will enable members of the public to incorporate companies and obtain business registration in one go electronically.
10. Sanlu is negotiating with Fonterra, a public relations executive told China Business Weekly.
noun
1. a body of people sharing some common interest
e.g. the reading public
2. public
2. people in general considered as a whole
e.g. he is a hero in the eyes of the public
adj
1. affecting the people or community as a whole
e.g. community leaders
community interests
the public welfare
2. not private
open to or concerning the people as a whole
e.g. the public good
public libraries
public funds
public parks
a public scandal
public gardens
performers and members of royal families are public figures