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 ruler may use his prerogative of mercy towards a criminal.
  统治者可行使赦免罪犯的特权。
• 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。
• It was Brady's prerogative to call him – or not.
  给不给他打电话，决定权在布雷迪。
• That's your prerogative, as long as you remain a woman.
  这是你作为女人的特权。
• The government has the prerogative of coining money.
  政府有铸造货币之特权。
• 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。
• 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'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。
• 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。