privilege
英 ['pr?v?l?d?]
美['pr?vl?d?]
- n. 特權；優(yōu)待；基本權利
- vt. 給與…特權；特免
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詞態(tài)變化
復數:?privileges;第三人稱單數:?privileges;過去式:?privileged;過去分詞:?privileged;現在分詞:?privileging;
中文詞源
privilege 特權
來自拉丁語privilegium,私人法律，特權，來自privus,個人的，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.
雙語例句
- 1. Pironi was the son of privilege and wealth, and it showed.
- 皮羅尼出身于有錢有勢的豪門，這看得出來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was cocooned in a private world of privilege.
- 她生活在一個與世隔絕的特權世界里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It must be a privilege to know such a man.
- 認識這樣的人肯定很榮幸。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He arrogated the privilege to himself alone.
- 他為自己僭取特權。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. a bastion of male privilege
- 大男子主義的堡壘
來自《權威詞典》