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

  1. 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

  1. N-COUNT 特权;独有的权力;专利
    If something is the prerogative of 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。

双语例句

  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. Suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males.
    选举权过去是白人成年男子的特权。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. A man of renowned power or authority. suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males.
    王握有权柄或有权威的男子选举权过去是白人成年男子的特权。
  9. These verbs mean to give as a favor, prerogative, or privilege.
    这些动词意指作为帮助,特权和权利而给予。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. 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。
  13. A ruler may use his prerogative of mercy towards a criminal.
    统治者可行使赦免罪犯的特权。
  14. A monarch has the prerogative of pardoning criminals.
    君主享有对罪犯的赦免权。
  15. The government has the prerogative of coining money.
    政府有铸造货币之特权。
  16. Changing her mind is often jokingly called a women's prerogative.
    改变主意常被戏谑地称为女人的特权。
  17. It was Brady's prerogative to call him – or not.
    给不给他打电话,决定权在布雷迪。
  18. Unfortunately new idea is not the prerogative of those who spends a long time do research.
    不巧的是,新观念并非为长时间从事研究工作的人所垄断。
  19. It is within his prerogative to do so.
    他是有权这样做的。
  20. No single molecule has the sole prerogative of growth regulation.
    没有一种单个的分子具有调节生长的唯一特权。
  21. 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。
  22. It has always been the special prerogative of young people to look and act weird and shock grown-ups.
    年轻的一代似乎都有这样的特权可以有奇怪的打扮和怪异的行为来使年长的一代发疯。
  23. The king has the prerogative to free the prisoners.
    国王有释放囚犯的特权。
  24. That's your prerogative, as long as you remain a woman.
    这是你作为女人的特权。
  25. 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。
  26. 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。
  27. 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。
  28. Reason to rule but mercy to forgive: the first is the law, the last prerogative.
    理智用于统治而仁慈用于宽恕:前者是规则,后者是特权。
  29. At this point, it is the prerogative of the meeting-in-charge or the initiator to ensure an objective discussion.
    这时,负责会议的一方或者会议发起人要行使其权利,确保进行客观的讨论。
  30. Then, the paper gives more detailed description on the inner property of prerogative of mercy.
    随后,论文较为详细地探讨了赦免权的内在属性。

英英释义

noun

  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:    privilegeperquisiteexclusive right