prerogative

• n. 特权
• adj. 有特权的

pre-,在前，早于，-rog,要求，词源同reach,arrogant.比喻用法。

1. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right);

"suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"

prerogative

prerogative: [14] Latin praerogāre meant ‘ask before others’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix prae- ‘before’ and rogāre ‘ask’, source also of English interrogate [15]). The term praerogātīva (based on its past participle) was applied to those electoral groups who were ‘invited before others’ to vote, or in other words had the privilege of voting first, in elections for state officials. Hence the word (acquired by English via Old French prerogative) came to mean in general ‘right to precedence, privilege’.
=> arrogant, interrogate

prerogative (n.)

"special right or privilege granted to someone," late 14c. (in Anglo-Latin from late 13c.), from Old French prerogative (14c.), Medieval Latin prerogativa "special right," from Latin praerogativa "prerogative, previous choice or election," originally (with tribus, centuria) "unit of 100 voters who by lot voted first in the Roman comita," noun use of fem. of praerogativus (adj.) "chosen to vote first," from praerogere "ask before others," from prae- "before" (see pre-) + rogare "to ask" (see rogation).

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。

牛津词典

the royal prerogative (= the special rights of a king or queen)

君主特权

牛津词典

Constitutional changes are exclusively the prerogative of the parliament...

修改宪法是议会独有的权力。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Making such decisions is not the sole prerogative of managers.

作这类决定并不是管理者的专有特权.

《简明英汉词典》

President may use his prerogative of mercy towards a criminal.

总统可行使赦免罪犯的特权.

辞典例句

Unfortunately new ideas are not the prerogative of those who spent a long time doing 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.

辞典例句

Unfortunately new ideas are not prerogative of those who a long time doing 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.

期刊摘选

Pop stars today enjoy a style of living which was once the prerogative only of Royalty.

不是强调奢侈或有钱,也不是说明星的生活方式和皇室一样,只是他们也享受了相当与皇室的特权.

期刊摘选

Some healers will continue to want to use additional mods and that's their prerogative.

但对那些希望继续使用插件的治疗者而言,使用插件是他们的权利.

期刊摘选

To recover the King's revenues was as important as to assert his prerogative.

恢复英王的岁入同确保他的特权同等重要.

辞典例句

Yongjiang is not a prerogative for luxurious houses at Sanjiangkou only.

一线甬江,并非三江口豪宅的专利.

期刊摘选

It is within his prerogative to leave.

离席是他的自由.

辞典例句

A monarch has the prerogative of pardoning criminals.

君主享有对罪犯的赦免权.

辞典例句

Suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males.

选举权当时是成年白人男性的特权.

期刊摘选

It is within his prerogative to do so.

他是有权这样做的.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

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.

期刊摘选

Unfortunately new ideas are not prerogative of those who spent a long time doing 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.

期刊摘选

Of, arising from, or exercising a prerogative.

我们尊重这一个权利.

期刊摘选

It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind.

改变心意是女人的特点((女人善变)).

辞典例句

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.

期刊摘选

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

懦夫不能表露爱意, 那是勇者的专利.

期刊摘选

Interpretation of the Guideline is the exclusive prerogative of Germanischer Lloyd WindEnergie GmbH.

本指南的解释权归德国劳埃德船级社风能股份有限公司.

期刊摘选

Beyond the power of diffusing old wealth , it has the prerogative of creating new.

它除了具有分配原有的财富的能力之外, 还具有创造新财富的特殊能力.

期刊摘选

They also developed prerogative orders and Habeas Corpus.

他们还发展出了特权令和人身保护权.

期刊摘选

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.

辞典例句

A ruler may use his prerogative of mercy towards a criminal.

统治者可行使赦免罪犯的特权.

期刊摘选

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.

期刊摘选

Constitutional changes are exclusively the prerogative of the parliament.

修改宪法是议会独有的权力。

辞典例句

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。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》