prerogative

英 [prɪˈrɒɡətɪv]

美 [prɪˈrɑːɡətɪv]

n.  特权; 优先权

复数：prerogatives　

IELTSGRE

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

• Suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males.
  选举权过去是白人成年男子的特权。
• Making such decisions is not the sole prerogative of managers.
  作这类决定并不是管理者的专有特权。
• 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。
• Of course, you may hate any and all of those words and others; that is your prerogative.
  当然，你可以讨厌这其中任何一个或所有词，或者别的什么词，那是你的特权。
• A monarch has the prerogative of pardoning criminals.
  君主享有对罪犯的赦免权。
• That may be because he feels the world is his prerogative.
  这可能是因为他觉得世界是他的职权所在。
• It's a woman's prerogative to go all out on the next one.
  女人只能从下一任（丈夫）那里来实现了。
• The king has the prerogative to free the prisoners.
  国王有释放囚犯的特权。
• Unfortunately new ideas are not the prerogative of those who spend a long time doing research.
  可惜新思想并不是那些长期从事研究工作的人所特有的权利。
• 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。