| 单词 | privileged |
| 释义 | privileged (once / 993 pages) adj When you're privileged, you enjoy some special right or advantage that most people don't have. You could be privileged to live in a lighthouse and have a spectacular view of the bay. People can be privileged in many different ways, but it always means that they're getting some unusual deal that others probably envy. You can be privileged because you have plenty of money and get to travel the world, or you can be privileged to know interesting people who inspire you. Another meaning of privileged is private or exclusive, as in privileged information that's only available to a few people. WORD FAMILYprivileged: underprivileged+/privilege: privileged, privileges, privileging USAGE EXAMPLESWendy Garden, the curator of last year’s art exhibition On the Beach, wrote that beaches occupied “a privileged place in the national psyche”. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) But a burning question remains: was the fire an accident, or did this privileged group fall victim to an arson attack? BBC(Dec 29, 2016) There’s an impulse on viewers’ parts to dismiss the star’s struggle—these people live, after all, privileged lives. Time(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj blessed with privileges the privileged few Syn|Ant fortunate having unexpected good fortune sweetheartprivileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically) richpossessing material wealth underprivileged lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society unfortunatenot favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune deprived, disadvantagedmarked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences underclassbelonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum poorhaving little money or few possessions 2adj confined to an exclusive group privileged information Syn inner, inside exclusive excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority 3adj not subject to usual rules or penalties a privileged statement Syn exempt (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject |
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