proprietary
/prəʊˈpraɪətərɪ/adjective
1- of or relating to an owner or ownership(与)所有者(有关)的; (与)所有权(有关)的:
the company has a proprietary right to the property.
该公司对该财产有所有权。
1.1
- (of a product) marketed under and protected by a registered trade name(产品)专卖的, 受注册商标保护的; 专用的:
proprietary brands of insecticide.
杀虫剂专用品牌。
1.2
- behaving as if one was the owner of someone or something像所有者的:
he looked about him with a proprietary air.
他摆出一副业主的架势环顾四周。
词源
late Middle English (as a noun denoting a member of a religious order who held property): from late Latin proprietarius 'proprietor',from proprietas (see PROPERTY).