prerogative 音標拼音: [prɪr'ɑgətɪv] [p'ɚ'ɑgətɪv]
n . 特權,大權
a . 特權的,有特權的
特權,大權特權的,有特權的
prerogative n 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 " [
synonym :
{
prerogative }, {
privilege }, {
perquisite }, {
exclusive right }]
Prerogative \
Pre *
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n . [
F .
pr ['
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rogative ,
from L .
praerogativa precedence in voting ,
preference ,
privilege ,
fr .
praerogativus that is asked before others for his opinion ,
that votes before or first ,
fr .
praerogare to ask before another ;
prae before rogare to ask .
See {
Rogation }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
An exclusive or peculiar privilege ;
prior and indefeasible right ;
fundamental and essential possession ; --
used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without question ,
and for the exercise of which there is no responsibility or accountability as to the fact and the manner of its exercise .
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The two faculties that are the prerogative of man --
the powers of abstraction and imagination . --
I .
Taylor .
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An unconstitutional exercise of his prerogative .
--
Macaulay .
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2 .
Precedence ;
pre ["
e ]
minence ;
first rank . [
Obs .]
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Then give me leave to have prerogative . --
Shak .
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Note :
The term came into general use in the conflicts between the Crown and Parliaments of Great Britain ,
especially in the time of the Stuarts .
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{
Prerogative Court } (
Eng .
Law ),
a court which formerly had authority in the matter of wills and administrations ,
where the deceased left bona notabilia ,
or effects of the value of five pounds ,
in two or more different dioceses .
--
Blackstone .
{
Prerogative office },
the office in which wills proved in the Prerogative Court were registered .
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Syn :
Privilege ;
right .
See {
Privilege }.
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81 Moby Thesaurus words for "
prerogative ":
absolute power ,
absolutism ,
accomplishment ,
advantage ,
appanage ,
appurtenance ,
ascendancy ,
authority ,
authorization ,
birthright ,
claim ,
competence ,
competency ,
conjugal right ,
constituted authority ,
deanship ,
delegated authority ,
demand ,
divine right ,
droit ,
due ,
excellence ,
exemption ,
faculty ,
favor ,
franchise ,
greatness ,
immunity ,
inalienable right ,
incomparability ,
indirect authority ,
inherent authority ,
inimitability ,
interest ,
jus divinum ,
lawful authority ,
lead ,
legal authority ,
legitimacy ,
liberty ,
majority ,
natural right ,
one -
upmanship ,
perquisite ,
power ,
precedence ,
predominance ,
predomination ,
preeminence ,
preponderance ,
prepotence ,
prepotency ,
prescription ,
prestige ,
presumptive right ,
pretense ,
pretension ,
priority ,
privilege ,
proper claim ,
property right ,
regality ,
right ,
right -
of -
way ,
rightful authority ,
royal prerogative ,
sanction ,
seniority ,
skill ,
success ,
superiority ,
the say ,
the say -
so ,
title ,
transcendence ,
transcendency ,
vested authority ,
vested interest ,
vested right ,
vicarious authority ,
virtuosity
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