Belonging or proper to a person, such as the British sovereign, in a private rather than official capacity.

个人的，私人的： 私下而非公开地属于或适合某人的，如英国君主。

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Police openly invite errant motorists to grease their palms rather than pay a larger official fine.

警察公然要求犯错的汽车驾驶塞点小钱给他们，取代支付较大数目的正式罚金。

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Nowadays the price of gold is set by the market rather than by official diktat. When explaining shifts in the bullion market people tend to think in terms of supply and demand.

现在黄金不再由官方定价，改由市场定价，黄金市场价格的变动也就常被认为是由供需关系引起。

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Unlike the Tories, the present government is more concerned about the number of people who are employed, rather than the official level of unemployment.

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He said he had been asked to announce his findings by autumn and told peers he would be providing a personal view rather than an official report.

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On Tuesday morning, Essex County Clerk Chris Durkin went so far as to suggest on his Facebook page that voters wrote should request ballots from his Hotmail account rather than the official email address.

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