privilege

美 [ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ]英 [ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ]
  • n.特权;荣幸;荣耀;(有钱有势者的)特殊待遇;优惠待遇;光荣;特殊利益;免责特权
  • vt.给予特权;特别优待

复数: privileges 过去式: privileged 现在分词: privileging 过去分词: privileged 第三人称单数: privileges

priv 个人,私人 + -i- + leg 法律 + -e

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noun

1

特殊利益;优惠待遇
a special right or advantage that a particular person or group of people has

Education should be a universal right and not a privilege.

教育应当是全民的权利而非某部分人特别享有的。

You can enjoy all the benefits and privileges of club membership.

你可以享受俱乐部成员的一切福利和优惠。

2

(有钱有势者的)特权,特殊待遇
the rights and advantages that rich and powerful people in a society have

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。

3

荣幸;荣耀;光荣
something that you are proud and lucky to have the opportunity to do

I hope to have the privilege of working with them again.

但愿有幸与他们再度合作。

It was a great privilege to hear her sing.

听她唱歌真是三生有幸。

4

免责特权
a special right to do or say things without being punished

parliamentary privilege (= the special right of members of parliament to say particular things without risking legal action)

议会言论免责权

verb

VN给予特权;特别优待
to give sb/sth special rights or advantages that others do not have

education policies that privilege the children of wealthy parents

特别优遇富家子弟的教育政策

favour

privilege

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT (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。

  • 2
    N-UNCOUNT (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。

  • 3
    N-SING 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。

  • 4
    VERB 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.

    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。

noun

1
a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
2
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males
Synonym: prerogative perquisite exclusive right
3
(law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship

verb

1
bestow a privilege upon
Synonym: favor favour

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  1. He made the allegation under the protection of parliamentary privilege .

    他是在议员特权的保护下说出那种指责的话的。

  2. Privilege determined by birth is an offence to any modern sense of justice .

    与生俱来的特权是对现代公正意识的亵渎。

  3. I hope to have the privilege of working with them again .

    但愿有幸与他们再度合作。

  4. It was a great privilege to hear her sing .

    听她唱歌真是三生有幸。

  5. Officials of all member states receive certain privileges and immunities .

    各成员国的官员均享有某些特权和豁免权。

  6. Some of the officials have special privileges .

    有些官员享受特权。

  7. Those in authority were in a privileged position .

    有地位者自有特权。

  8. In those days , only a privileged few had the vote .

    在那个时代,只有少数特权人物才享有选举权。

  9. She comes from a privileged background .

    她出身特权阶层。

  10. We are privileged to welcome you as our speaker this evening .

    我们荣幸地欢迎您今晚来讲演。

  11. It must be a privilege to know such a man

    认识这样的人肯定很荣幸。

  12. The data is privileged information , not to be shared with the general public

    这些数据是保密的,并不向大众公开。

  13. This sense of privilege tends to be reinforced by the outside world .

    这种优越感往往会被外部世界强化。

  14. His privileged bourgeois family insisted on a good education .

    他那优越的资产阶级家庭坚持让他接受良好的教育。

  15. He had promised that the rich and privileged would no longer get preferential treatment

    他已经保证富人和特权阶层不会再得到优惠待遇。

  16. The left have seen the work as an apologia for privilege and property .

    左派将此作品看成是为特权和所有权作的辩护。

  17. 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。

  18. Do we really want a return to an antiquated system of privilege and elitism ?

    我们真的想回归到一种特权和精英政治的过时制度中吗?

  19. She was cocooned in a private world of privilege

    她生活在一个与世隔绝的特权世界里。

  20. They were , by and large , a very wealthy , privileged elite .

    他们基本上是一些非常有钱有势的精英。

  21. 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。

  22. 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。

  23. 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。

  24. Ordinary people have always resented the nomenklatura 's privileges .

    老百姓一直都对要职人员的特权心怀怨恨。

  25. 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。

  26. Tremendous wrongs were being perpetrated on the poorest and least privileged human beings

    对最贫穷和最没有特权的人们犯下了大量罪行。

  27. Her attitudes solidified through privilege and habit .

    由于特权和习惯使然,她的看法变得越来越难以改变。

  28. Mr Nixon argued the tapes were privileged .

    尼克松先生认为这些录音带是保密的。

  29. A senior official was stripped of all his privileges for publicly criticising his employer .

    一名高管由于公然批评其老板而被剥夺了所有特权。

  30. He arrogated the privilege to himself alone .

    他为自己僭取特权。

  • 词语搭配

privilege与以下词性连用

adj.
n.

barrister-client privilege

出庭律师–当事人保密特权

executive privilege

行政官员豁免权