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 monarch has the prerogative of pardoning criminals.
  君主享有对罪犯的赦免权。
• 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。
• A ruler may use his prerogative of mercy towards a criminal.
  统治者可行使赦免罪犯的特权。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。