单词 | exclusive |
释义 | exclusive (once / 203 pages) adjn Exclusive means with limited access. The only way you might get reservations at one of the most exclusive restaurants in Los Angeles is to become friends with the maitre d', or become famous. By its nature, something that is exclusive leaves people out, or excludes them. You would think this was a bad thing, since excluding people is not very nice, but by being exclusive, things like clubs, restaurants, and resorts become all the more desirable. Exclusive can also mean sole or only: The company became the exclusive soda vendor at the new stadium. The local newspaper got an exclusive interview and broke the news. WORD FAMILYexclusive: exclusively, exclusiveness, exclusives, unexclusive+/exclude: excluded, excludes, excluding, exclusion, exclusive/exclusion: exclusions USAGE EXAMPLESThis story was produced in collaboration with the Trace as part of a partnership to report on exclusive new gun ownership data. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The Reina club attacked early on Sunday is one of Istanbul’s most exclusive venues, popular with the city’s elite and tourists alike. Time(Jan 01, 2017) Twitter, in particular, continually partners with movie studios and TV networks on exclusive emojis that are activated with specific hashtags. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority exclusive clubs an exclusive restaurants and shops Syn|Ant alone, only exclusive of anyone or anything else innerexclusive to a center; especially a center of influence inner, inside, privilegedconfined to an exclusive group selectivecharacterized by very careful or fastidious selection white-shoedenoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative inclusive including much or everything; and especially including stated limits comprehensivebroad in scope 2adj not divided or shared with others they have exclusive use of the machine Syn sole unshared not shared 3adj not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective gained their exclusive attention Syn single, undivided concentrated gathered together or made less diffuse 4n a news report that is reported first by one news organization Syn|Hyper scoop account, news report, report, story, write up a short account of the news |
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