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。
• 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 Administration recently held a meeting to discuss presidential prerogatives.
  政府最近开会讨论了总统特权的问题。
• The Kings 'Fiscal Prerogatives in Medieval England
  中世纪英国国王的财政特权
• 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。
• The underlying problem here is a big disconnection between an analysis that sees all these governments agree that they must work together and a politics that drives them to guard jealously their national prerogatives.
  这里的根本问题在于，在显示所有这些政府都同意必须共同努力的分析意见，与驱使他们谨慎维护本国特权的政治之间，存在明显脱节。
• 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。
• 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。
• Congressmen may be reluctant to vote for legislation that infringes the traditional prerogatives of the states.
  美国国会议员可能不情愿投票拥护侵犯各州传统特权的立法。
• 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。