One way to picture it: a rule written for you alone — you get something most people around you don't.
From the word’s history
From Latin privilegium = privus 'private' + lex 'law' — literally 'a law for one person'. That is still exactly what all four modern senses describe: a rule or an opening that applies to you and not to everyone.
privilege 來自拉丁文 privilegium,由 privus(私人的)加 lex(法律,也是 legal 的字根)組成,字面就是「為個人訂的法律」。這個組合解釋了為什麼這個字在英文裡總帶著一點不平等的味道——它從一開始講的就不是「大家都有的權利」(那是 right),而是「只有某些人有的例外」。特別是第 3 個意思,直接回到最字面的字源:真的有一條法律在保護那段對話。
Wiktionary(privilege 詞條):from Latin privilegium ("law applying to one person"), from privus ("private") + lex, leg- ("law")。
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
privilegedadj/ˈpɹɪv(ɪ)lɪd͡ʒd/
- 1
Having special privileges.
- "You are very dull this morning, Sheriff," said the youngest daughter of the house, who, being the baby and pretty, had grown pettishly privileged in speech.
- 2
lawNot subject to legal discovery due to a protected status.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。