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

• 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。
• A ruler may use his prerogative of mercy towards a criminal.
  统治者可行使赦免罪犯的特权。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 king has the prerogative to free the prisoners.
  国王有释放囚犯的特权。
• 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'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。
• 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。