英语单词 | privilege |
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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 | 1 [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.
2 [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.
3 [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.
4 [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. [V n]
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