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- a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people（个人或群体的）特权; 特惠待遇：
education is a right, not a privilege
教育是一种权利, 而不是特权
mass noun he has been accustomed all his life to wealth and privilege.他一生已经习惯了财富和特权。
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- something regarded as a rare opportunity and bringing particular pleasure特殊荣幸; 优待; 特别待遇：
I had the privilege of giving the Sir George Brown memorial lecture.
我有幸作乔治·布朗爵士纪念演讲。
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- （亦作absolute privilege）(especially in a parliamentary context) the right to say or write something without the risk of incurring punishment or legal action for defamation议会特权（尤指议员无被控诽谤而遭惩罚或法律诉讼之虞的言论权利）。
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- the right of a lawyer or official to refuse to divulge confidential information（律师, 官员）拒绝泄露内情权。
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- chiefly historical a grant to an individual, corporation, or place of special rights or immunities, especially in the form of a franchise or monopoly〈主史〉（授予个人, 公司, 某地的）特许经营权; 豁免权, 垄断权。
with obj.
1- formal grant a privilege or privileges to〈正式〉授予…以特权：
English inheritance law privileged the eldest son.
英国继承法给予长子特权。
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- （一般作be privileged from）exempt (someone) from a liability or obligation to which others are subject特免, 免除（某人）：
barristers are privileged from arrest going to, coming from, and abiding in court.
有资格出席高等法庭的大律师有在去、离法庭和在庭时免于逮捕的特权。
词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin privilegium 'bill or law affecting an individual'，from privus 'private'+lex,leg- 'law'.