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

• 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。
• It is within his prerogative to do so.
  他是有权这样做的。
• 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。
• A monarch has the prerogative of pardoning criminals.
  君主享有对罪犯的赦免权。
• 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'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。
• 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。
• The government has the prerogative of coining money.
  政府有铸造货币之特权。
• 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。