privilege
英 ['pr?v?l?d?]
美['pr?vl?d?]
- n. 特權(quán)；優(yōu)待；基本權(quán)利
- vt. 給與…特權(quán)；特免
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?privileges;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?privileges;過(guò)去式:?privileged;過(guò)去分詞:?privileged;現(xiàn)在分詞:?privileging;
中文詞源
privilege 特權(quán)
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)privilegium,私人法律，特權(quán)，來(lái)自privus,個(gè)人的，詞源同private,-leg,法律，詞源同legal.
英文詞源
- privilege (n.)
- mid-12c. "grant, commission" (recorded earlier in Old English, but as a Latin word), from Old French privilege "right, priority, privilege" (12c.) and directly from Latin privilegium "law applying to one person, bill of law in favor of or against an individual," later "privilege," from privus "individual" (see private (adj.)) + lex (genitive legis) "law" (see legal (adj.)). Meaning "advantage granted" is from mid-14c. in English.
- privilege (v.)
- early 14c., privilegen, "to invest with a privilege," from privilege (n.) and from Old French privilegier (13c.), from Medieval Latin privilegare, from Latin privilegium. Related: Privileged; priviledging.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Pironi was the son of privilege and wealth, and it showed.
- 皮羅尼出身于有錢(qián)有勢(shì)的豪門(mén)，這看得出來(lái)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was cocooned in a private world of privilege.
- 她生活在一個(gè)與世隔絕的特權(quán)世界里。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. It must be a privilege to know such a man.
- 認(rèn)識(shí)這樣的人肯定很榮幸。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. He arrogated the privilege to himself alone.
- 他為自己僭取特權(quán)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. a bastion of male privilege
- 大男子主義的堡壘
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》