| 单词 | prerogative |
| 释义 | prerogative (prɪrɒgətɪv ) Word forms: prerogatives countable noun [oft with poss] If something is the prerogative of a particular person or group, it is a privilege or a power that only they have. [formal] Constitutional changes are exclusively the prerogative of the parliament. It is your prerogative to stop seeing that particular therapist and find another one. Synonyms: right, choice, claim, authority Collocations: prerogative power He seeks a prerogative power unencumbered by review and the requirement for the public airing of criteria and reasons for granting executive clemency. ST That did not mean that the formulation or exercise of a prerogative power might not be susceptible to review on other grounds. Times, Sunday Times Since the prime minister today essentially holds prerogative power on loan from the crown, those principles still form part of the constitution today. Times, Sunday Times The prerogative power of colonial governance enjoyed no generic immunity from judicial review. Times, Sunday Times The exercise of that prerogative power was subject to judicial review. Times, Sunday Times Ship money - effectively a levy on coastal areas to provide or pay for naval defences - was extended under royal prerogative. Times, Sunday Times (2018) The royal prerogative is also being used to deny people a British passport. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Throughout history we have been taken to war under the royal prerogative. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The cruel exercise of the royal prerogative in 2004 banned them once again. Times, Sunday Times (2016) That is how it worked for centuries and how it should continue, whether pursuant to the royal prerogative or a modern statutory prerogative. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Translations: Chinese: 特权 Japanese: 特権 |
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