privilege

• n. 特权；优待；基本权利
• vt. 给与…特权；特免

词态变化

中文词源

来自拉丁语privilegium,私人法律，特权，来自privus,个人的，词源同private,-leg,法律，词源同legal.

英文词源

privilege (n.)

mid-12c. "grant, commission" (recorded earlier in Old English, but as a Latin word), from Old French privilege "right, priority, privilege" (12c.) and directly from Latin privilegium "law applying to one person, bill of law in favor of or against an individual," later "privilege," from privus "individual" (see private (adj.)) + lex (genitive legis) "law" (see legal (adj.)). Meaning "advantage granted" is from mid-14c. in English.

privilege (v.)

early 14c., privilegen, "to invest with a privilege," from privilege (n.) and from Old French privilegier (13c.), from Medieval Latin privilegare, from Latin privilegium. Related: Privileged; priviledging.

双语例句

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。

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2. 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。

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3. It must be a privilege to know such a man.

认识这样的人肯定很荣幸。

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4. He arrogated the privilege to himself alone.

他为自己僭取特权。

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5. a bastion of male privilege

大男子主义的堡垒

来自《权威词典》