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Privilege Special Advantage Group I Meeting Enjoyed Means

英语单词 privilege
英美音标 英 ['prɪvəlɪdʒ] 美 ['prɪvəlɪdʒ]
中文释义 n.特权;荣幸;特别恩典;基本人权
vt.给特权;免除
英语例句 (1) I had the privilege of meeting the queen.
(2) It is a great privilege to know you.
(3) It was a privilege to work with him.
(4) Kings cannot privilege what God forbade.
(5) This pass will privilege you to attend the closed hearing.
中文例句 (1) 我有会见王后的特权。
(2) 认识你是一件难得的事。
(3) 和他在一起工作是一项殊荣。
(4) 国王不能原谅上帝不允许做的事。
(5) 有了这张通行证你便可以出席不公开的听证会。
vocabulary简明 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.
vocabulary扩展 Privilege comes from Latin privilegium, meaning a law for just one person, and means a benefit enjoyed by an individual or group beyond what's available to others. Someone wealthy come from privilege. Someone with a library card has borrowing privileges. Privilege can also be used as a verb. If you are on a committee giving away scholarships, you'll have to decide whether to privilege students from poor backgrounds or the students with high test scores.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](某人或某团体独享的)特权,优惠 A privilege is a special right or advantage that only one person or group has.
  • The Russian Federation has issued a decree abolishing special privileges for government officials.

    俄罗斯联邦已经颁布法令废除政府官员的特权。

  • ...the ancient powers and privileges of the House of Commons.

    国会下议院古老的权力和特权

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](常指因财富、社会地位而享有的)特权,优惠 If you talk about privilege, you are talking about the power and advantage that only a small group of people have, usually because of their wealth or their high social class.
  • Pironi was the son of privilege and wealth, and it showed...

    皮罗尼出身于有钱有势的豪门,这看得出来。

  • Having been born to privilege in old Hollywood, she was carrying on a family tradition by acting.

    她出身于过去好莱坞的名门,继承了当演员的家族传统。

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[N-SING 单数名词]荣幸;荣耀 You can use privilege in expressions such as be a privilege or have the privilege when you want to show your appreciation of someone or something or to show your respect.
  • It must be a privilege to know such a man...

    认识这样的人肯定很荣幸。

  • I once had the privilege of meeting the late philosopher CLR James.

    我曾经有幸和已故的哲学家C.L.R.詹姆士会面。

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[VERB 动词]特殊对待;给予…特权;给予…优待 To privilege someone or something means to treat them better or differently than other people or things rather than treat them all equally.
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  • We want to privilege them because without the top graduate students, we can't remain a top university...

    我们希望给予这些最顶尖的研究生特别照顾,因为没有他们,我们就无法继续处于一流大学之列。

  • They are privileging a tiny number to the disadvantage of the rest.

    他们优待少数几个人,使其他人处于不利的境地。

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