prerogatives

英 [prɪˈrɒgətɪvz]

美 [prɪˈrɑgətɪvz]

n.  特权; 优先权
prerogative的复数

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。

双语例句

• I have huge respect for the prerogatives of the US Congress, he said, but I believe this is a moment when congress [ needs to] see the wisdom of leaving us the equilibrium for a few months.
  我非常尊敬美国国会的权利，他说，但我相信在眼下这个时机，国会（需要）看到，让我们保持几个月的均衡状态是明智之举。
• Any attempt to encroach upon presidential prerogatives in this domain was quickly and firmly resisted
  任何试图挑战总统在这个领域的特权的举动都遭到了迅速而坚定的制止。
• Within any major bank an audit department was an independent, watchdog unit with authority and prerogatives like the Inspectorate General of an army.
  不论在哪一家大银行，帐部是个独立的监督机构，它拥有的威势和权力实不亚于军队里的总监。
• The Kings 'Fiscal Prerogatives in Medieval England
  中世纪英国国王的财政特权
• That brings prerogatives and responsibilities, and the US has often been keener to exploit the former than to fulfil the latter.
  这个身份带来了特权，也意味着责任，但美国往往更热衷于滥用特权、而不是履行责任。
• The privileges we are opposed to today are political and economic prerogatives not provided for by law or the existing regulations.
  我们今天所反对的特权，就是政治上经济上在法律和制度之外的权利。
• Prerogatives of king and liberties of subjects conflict each other.
  权威与自由之间发生了激烈冲突。
• Making those changes will require that both Europe and the United States reconsider old prerogatives and controls.
  要实现这些变革，就要求欧洲和美国重新审视原有的特权和控制权。
• The deep mutual mistrust and suspicion that plague regional relations, along with jealous defence of sovereign prerogatives, have precluded common institutions and rules.
  深层的互不信任和相互猜疑困扰着地区关系，加之主权问题上的高度戒备，妨碍了构建共同的制度体系。
• It wouldn't be any great tragedy if some of these people lost their class prerogatives.
  如果那些人失去了他们的特权，也不会发生什么灾难。