释义 |
priv·i·leged \-jd\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of privilegen to privilege : having or endowed with a privilege : enjoying or honored with a privilege < open only to the privileged few > as a. : not subject to the usual rules or penalties because of some special circumstance < a privileged statement > b. : having a plenary indulgence attached to a mass celebrated thereon < privileged altar > c. : having a right of conversion or bearing a stock purchase warrant — used of a bond or preferred stock d. of a boat : having the right of way or the right to maintain a speed and course capable of causing collision with another boat if that boat maintains its speed and course — contrasted with burdened |