Preferment

(noun.) the act of preferring; 'the preferment went to the younger candidate'.

(noun.) the act of making accusations; 'preferment of charges'.

整理:莎丽

• However, Meyler spoiled my preferment with Ebrington by hurting his lordship's vanity and thus damping all his ardour. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The same difference runs through all the inferior degrees of preferment in both. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Those fears and expectations may consist in the fear of deprivation or other punishment, and in the expectation of further preferment. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I am no young lady on her preferment. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• But the motives of a man who takes orders with the certainty of preferment may be fairly suspected, you think? 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I confess that's what I should be afraid of, if we parsons had to stand at the hustings for preferment. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• All church preferments were in this manner in the disposal of the church. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Does an individual place himself beyond the pale of those preferments by entering on such an office as Mr. Micawber has accepted? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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