the private sector

BPRIVATE/NON-GOVERNMENTthe industries and services in a country that are owned and run by private companies, and not by the government 私营企业 → public sector

pay increases in the private sector

私营企业的工资增长

Examples from the Corpus

the private sector• Private sector housing is just too expensive for low-income families in the city at the moment.• Increasingly, researchers are seeking funds from the private sector.• The government is now turning to the private sector for alternative ways of dealing with the country's transportation problems.

→ the private sector at private sector(1)

the private sector