prerogative

英 [prɪˈrɒɡətɪv]

美 [prɪˈrɑːɡətɪv]

n.  特权; 优先权

复数：prerogatives　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8821 / COCA.12257

牛津词典

noun

• 特权；优先权
  a right or advantage belonging to a particular person or group because of their importance or social position
  1. In many countries education is still the prerogative of the rich.
     在许多国家接受教育仍然是富人的特权。
  2. the royal prerogative (= the special rights of a king or queen)
     君主特权

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 特权；独有的权力；专利
  If something is theprerogativeof a particular person or group, it is a privilege or a power that only they have.
  1. Constitutional changes are exclusively the prerogative of the parliament...
     修改宪法是议会独有的权力。
  2. It is your prerogative to stop seeing that particular therapist and find another one.
     你有权决定不再去看那个治疗师而另找一个。

英英释义

noun

• a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
  1. suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males
  Synonym:privilegeperquisiteexclusive right

双语例句

• This prerogative is left to the 1000 or more authorised business schools spread throughout India.
  这种特权落到了遍布在全印度的1000余所获得授权的商学院手中。
• A ruler may use his prerogative of mercy towards a criminal.
  统治者可行使赦免罪犯的特权。
• Freewill is still your prerogative, but having agreed a plan for your life you are drawn to those people and experiences that will help fulfil it.
  自由意志仍是你的特权，但是，在商定的计划，你的生活你被吸引到这些人的经验，这将有助于实现它。
• I'm gonna take the prerogative of the moderator and ask the last question of each of you.
  我要以主持人的身份，问最后一个问题，你们每个人都要回答。
• This brings me to my second point-innovation and technology are not the prerogative of new industries.
  这带到我要谈的第二点：创新与科技并不是新兴工业所专享的。
• It's a handlers prerogative to determine what his dog needs at any one point in time.
  及时确定在某个时刻狗需要什么是训练员的特权。
• It is your prerogative to stop seeing that particular therapist and find another one.
  你有权决定不再去看那个治疗师而另找一个。
• It is within his prerogative to do so.
  他是有权这样做的。
• You know, gary, that's your prerogative. that's your right, to listen.
  你知道么，加里，你有特权，你有权利听。
• A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
  懦夫没有能力去表现爱；爱是勇者的特权。