| 词汇 | privilege |
| 释义 | privilege noun uk /ˈprɪv.əl.ɪdʒ/ us /ˈprɪv.əl.ɪdʒ/ C1[ C or U ] an advantage that only one person or group of people has, usually because of their position or because they are rich: （特定个体或群体的）特权，特别待遇 Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege.医疗保健应该是权利，而非特权。 Senior management enjoy certain privileges, such as company cars and health insurance.高级管理层享受公司配车和私人医疗保健等特权。 C1[ S ] an opportunity to do something special or enjoyable: 荣幸 I had the privilege of interviewing Picasso in the 1960s.我在20世纪60年代很荣幸地采访到了毕加索。 It was a real privilege to meet her.见到她真是莫大的荣幸。 [ U ] the way in which people who are rich, come from a high social class, or belong to a particular race or gender have more advantages in society than people who do not belong to these groups: （富人或有权势者的）特权，特别待遇 a life of privilege My thesis examines the role of societal privilege in the maintenance of health disparities. Some men will even resort to violence to try to enforce and protect their male privilege. [ C or U ] law specialized the special right that some people in authority have that allows them to do or say things that other people are not allowed to: 特权;特免 diplomatic/parliamentary privilege外交／议会言论特权 The leaders were often more concerned with status and privilege than with the problems of the people.领导人往往更关心自己的地位和特权，而非民众的疾苦。 There are no special privileges for the managers. It was a privilege to work with her and she will be sadly missed. Frequent fliers receive travel privileges. an abuse/misuse of privilege Advantage and disadvantage ace an ace up your sleeveidiom attraction be well in thereidiom be/stay/keep one jump aheadidiom have it both waysidiom have something on your sideidiom have the inside trackidiom have the odds/cards stacked against youidiom head start leg lock milk privileged profit from something racing start saving grace scent bloodidiom stick the best of both worldsidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Pleasure and happiness Rich and wealthy Not punishing & reducing punishment privilege verb[ T ] uk /ˈprɪv.əl.ɪdʒ/ us /ˈprɪv.əl.ɪdʒ/ to give an advantage to one person or group of people and not to others: Since colonization, the country has a history of privileging people who have white skin. Family endowments were nearly all male-centric, privileging men and their descendants over female lines of descent. to give something more importance than other things: The new exhibition privileged industry over agriculture. They do not privilege one approach over the other. Advantage and disadvantage ace an ace up your sleeveidiom attraction be well in thereidiom be/stay/keep one jump aheadidiom have it both waysidiom have something on your sideidiom have the inside trackidiom have the odds/cards stacked against youidiom head start leg lock milk privileged profit from something racing start saving grace scent bloodidiom stick the best of both worldsidiom privilege | American Dictionaryprivilege noun[ C/U ] us/ˈprɪv·ə·lɪdʒ, ˈprɪv·lɪdʒ/ a special advantage or authority possessed by a particular person or group: [ C ]As a senior executive, you will enjoy certain privileges. [ C ]I had the privilege (= the honor) of interviewing the prime minister of Canada. privilege | Business Englishprivilege noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ/us a right or advantage that only a small number of people have: At the moment, it tends to be managers or technology-related workers who work from home - it's seen as something of a privilege for trusted employees. With power and privilege comes responsibility. be a privilege doing/to do sthIt's been a pleasure and a privilege to work with you all. have the privilege of doing sthI had the privilege of studying at one of the country's leading business schools. for the privilege of doing sthAdvertisers often subsidize entire TV productions or movie marketing campaigns for the privilege of featuring their brands. enjoy/earn a privilegeIt is possible that the company will one day command a premium rating, but the market clearly believes it has to earn that privilege. LAW legal protection that a person or a group has because of their position within a society, for example the right to keep particular discussions, etc. private: the attorney-client privilege Executive privilege means that certain documents will not have to be disclosed. Examples of privilegeprivilege In approaching their prospects, network marketers enjoy the privilege of exploiting the element of intimacy by reducing the potential threat to their prospects' negative face. They were mutually dedicated to reforming institutions and removing privileges that they regarded as impediments to growth and stability. There is a danger that reflexivity could be used to privilege a theoretical or methodological standpoint by contrasting it to an unreflexive counterpart. More indirectly, these two stylistic dimensions mark different epistemic relations to the discourse, emphasizing and privileging different kinds of information. The resources that are directed to this purpose give this community privileged access to the material evidence of the past. It turns out that under certain circumstances, a maximin egalitarian case for seniority privileges could be made. Such arrangements, enacted without the customary familial negotiations, usurped the privileges of parents and their ability to protect their family lineage, stability, and honour. Do artists whose work is most respected come from, and appeal to, privileged social groups? In this manner, the use of an alien aesthetic functions analogously to a camp aesthetic that subverts claim to artistic privilege or autonomy. The former was embodied in the sovereign whose privilege it was to decide on the existence of human life. Both examples suggest a culturalpolitical logic - unwritten, fluid, but influential - which leaves some indigenous organisations privileged and others all but excluded. But the "manufacture," privileged by the state institutions, need not be afraid of competition, for it relies on royal subsidies, import restrictions, and monopolistic privileges. Second, administrators refers to heads of non-profit organizations, and their power and privileges lie in the public properties under their control. Silently, they repudiated humanity's lingering claims to special privilege inside a universe no longer ordered by theology. The importance of voice for the legitimacy of social structures of constraint privileges democratic deliberation over evaluation as contained in market processes. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withprivilegeprivilegeThese are words often used in combination with privilege. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. administrative privileges In this way, only applications trusted by the user may receive administrative privileges, and malware should be kept from compromising the operating system. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. constitutional privilege A claim for constitutionalprivilege requires a showing of virtue or precedence, while a claim for con stitutional protection requires a showing of vulnerability or victimization. exclusive privilege In this subsection the corporation is given the exclusiveprivilege or monopoly of running telecommunications systems as they are defined. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with privilege |
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