Privilege

(noun.) a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all.

(noun.) (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship.

(verb.) bestow a privilege upon.

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• If such is the case, and Mr. Micawber forfeits no privilege by entering on these duties, my anxiety is set at rest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He said he had entreated her to favour him by maintaining her privilege of fixing the time for the marriage at her own will and pleasure. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He described this republic; shewed how it gave privilege to each individual in the state, to rise to consequence, and even to temporary sovereignty. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• For a time it was my privilege to work under him on an investigation of the Money Power. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• You think we live ON the rich, rather than with them: and so we do, in a sense--but it's a privilege we have to pay for! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• An average size ocean liner pays about $5,000 for the privilege of sailing through this great ditch. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But the beneficiaries of privilege, the Bourbon reactionaries, the short-sighted ultra-conservatives, turned down Turgot; and then found that instead of him they had obtained Robespierre. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Thou knowest best thine own privileges, said De Bracy. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I had as many privileges as any boy in the village, and probably more than most of them. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• There are no privileges, no rebates, and no excuses in the Kingdom of Heaven. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Once clear of the grounds, the duties of hospitality (in Betteredge's code of morals) ceased, and the privileges of curiosity began. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• You'll get your privileges soon enough,' retorted the jailer, 'and pepper with 'em. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Such companies, whether regulated or joint-stock, sometimes have, and sometimes have not, exclusive privileges. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Those masters do not appear to have had either salaries or exclusive privileges of any kind. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The doors of Skuytercliff were rarely and grudgingly opened to visitors, and a chilly week-end was the most ever offered to the few thus privileged. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Each watch had its own individuality as a separate creation, and only the privileged few were able to carry them. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Our modern idea, that any one in the state is a citizen, would have shocked the privileged democrats of Athens profoundly. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Those privileged to enter it shivered there, and spoke of it as handsome. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The reader is privileged to remain, and try what he can make of the discourse. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This is considered as a privileged place, and stands like the land of Goshen amid the plagues of Egypt. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• We are privileged to enter that front door, and to penetrate to the domestic sanctum. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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