privilege

英 [ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ] 美 [ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ]

n.  特殊利益; 优惠待遇; (有钱有势者的)特权,特殊待遇; 荣幸; 荣耀; 光荣
v.  给予特权; 特别优待

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牛津词典

noun

  1. 特殊利益;优惠待遇
    a special right or advantage that a particular person or group of people has
    1. 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。
    2. 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
    1. 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
    1. I hope to have the privilege of working with them again.
      但愿有幸与他们再度合作。
    2. 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
    1. 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

  1. 给予特权;特别优待
    to give sb/sth special rights or advantages that others do not have
    1. education policies that privilege the children of wealthy parents
      特别优遇富家子弟的教育政策

柯林斯词典

  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.
    1. 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. ...the ancient powers and privileges of the House of Commons.
      国会下议院古老的权力和特权
  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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  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.
    1. It must be a privilege to know such a man...
      认识这样的人肯定很荣幸。
    2. 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。
  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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。

双语例句

  1. 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?
  2. 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。
  3. He arrogated the privilege to himself alone.
    他为自己僭取特权。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. It must be a privilege to know such a man
    认识这样的人肯定很荣幸。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. 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。
  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. 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。
  15. I hope to have the privilege of working with him again.
    但愿有幸与他再度合作。
  16. Of course, no country has the privilege of fishing in our coastal water.
    当然,在我国的领海内没有一个国家有捕鱼的特权。
  17. He never abuses his privilege.
    他从不滥用特权。
  18. The one exception to this rule would be if the PUBLIC group had been granted this privilege.
    这个规则有一个例外,即如果PUBLIC组已经被授予了这个特权,那么就不需要明确授予她这个特权。
  19. With this privilege a normal user can manage all the three volume groups.
    有了这个特权,常规用户也可以管理这三个卷组。
  20. Fill in or modify the information for the user, privilege and default role.
    填写或修改用户、特权和默认角色的信息。
  21. That's a privilege that's reserved for you.
    这难道只是你的特权吗?
  22. But he's obviously abusing the privilege.
    但显然他滥用了这项特权。
  23. At last, it implements a small privilege management archetype system.
    最后,设计和实现了一个分布式授权管理原型系统。
  24. To revoke the control privilege from another user, you must have sysadm or dbadm authority.
    要从另一个用户撤消control特权,必须具有sysadm或dbadm权限。
  25. It's not my privilege, but it's my duty.
    这不是我的特权,是我的职责。
  26. Delegating is the executive's greatest need as well as greatest privilege.
    委派是执行官最大的需要和特权。
  27. If I grant you this privilege, will you disclaim all other rights?
    如果我同意给你这项特权,你是否愿意放弃所有其他的权利?
  28. And thank you for the privilege of serving and sharing the gift that I am.
    并感谢你的给予服务的特权和共享的礼物,我是。
  29. We have that privilege.
    我们有这个特权。
  30. It is my privilege and honor to mercilessly exterminate you.
    这是我的特权和荣耀,来残忍地杀死你。

英英释义

noun

  1. a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all

    1. 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:    prerogativeperquisiteexclusive right

    2. (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship

      verb

      1. bestow a privilege upon

          Synonym:    favorfavour