privilege
privilege 英 [ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ] 美 [ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ, ˈprɪvlɪdʒ]
n. 特权 vt. 给予…特权
进行时:privileging 过去式:privileged 过去分词:privileged 第三人称单数:privileges 名词复数:privileges
- A privilege is a special advantage not enjoyed by everyone. If you're very snooty, you probably don't allow just anyone the privilege of being your friend.
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- n. 特权
- vt. 给予…特权
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1. Education should be a universal right and not a privilege.
教育应当是全民共有的而非少数人独享的权利。
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2. As a member of the nobility, his life had been one of wealth and privilege.
身为贵族中的一员，他过着有钱有势的生活。
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3. I hope to have the privilege of working with them again.
但愿有幸与他们再度合作。
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4. education policies that privilege the children of wealthy parents
特别优遇富家子弟的教育政策
- 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," in the post-Augustine period "an ordinance in favor of an individual, privilege, prerogative," 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.
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