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

• This brings me to my second point-innovation and technology are not the prerogative of new industries.
  这带到我要谈的第二点：创新与科技并不是新兴工业所专享的。
• 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。
• 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。
• This prerogative is left to the 1000 or more authorised business schools spread throughout India.
  这种特权落到了遍布在全印度的1000余所获得授权的商学院手中。
• 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。
• Then, the paper gives more detailed description on the inner property of prerogative of mercy.
  随后，论文较为详细地探讨了赦免权的内在属性。
• 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。
• A monarch has the prerogative of pardoning criminals.
  君主享有对罪犯的赦免权。
• 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。
• 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。