1 (only before a noun 只用于名词前) connected with ordinary people in general, not those who have an important position in society 公众的；与公众有关的: Public opinion was in favour of the war. 公众舆论赞成打这场战争。How much public support is there for the government's policy? 有多少人支持政府的政策呢？

2 provided for the use of people in general; not private 为公众而设的；公共的；公用的: a public library/telephone 公共图书馆；公用电话public spending (= money that the government spends on education, health care, etc) 公共开支（政府在教育、保健等方面的支出）

3 known by many people 公开的；众所周知的: We're going to make the news publicsoon. 我们即将公开这个消息。 ☞Look at private. 参看private。 ➔publicly /-kli ||; -klɪ/ adv The company refused to admit publicly that it had acted wrongly. 那家公司拒绝公开承认行事失当。

1 to tell people about sth that is a secret 把秘密公开: The sacked employee went public with his stories of corruption inside the company. 那个被辞退的员工抖出他所知道的公司内部的腐败情况。

2 (used about a company) to start selling shares to the public （指公司）发售股票，使股票上市