| 单词 | exclusive |
| 释义 | exclusive —exclusively, adv. —exclusiveness, exclusivity, /eks'klooh siv"i tee/, n. /ik sklooh"siv, -ziv/, adj. 1. not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action. 2. omitting from consideration or account (often fol. by of): a profit of ten percent, exclusive of taxes. 3. limited to the object or objects designated: exclusive attention to business. 4. shutting out all others from a part or share: an exclusive right to film the novel. 5. fashionable; stylish: to patronize only the most exclusive designers. 6. charging comparatively high prices; expensive: exclusive shops. 7. noting that in which no others have a share: exclusive information. 8. single or sole: the exclusive means of communication between two places. 9. disposed to resist the admission of outsiders to association, intimacy, etc.: an exclusive circle of intimate friends. 10. admitting only members of a socially restricted or very carefully selected group: an exclusive club. 11. excluding or tending to exclude, as from use or possession: exclusive laws. 12. Gram. (of the first person plural) excluding the person or persons spoken to, as we in We'll see you later. Cf. inclusive (def. 4). n. 13. Journalism. a piece of news, or the reporting of a piece of news, obtained by a newspaper or other news organization, along with the privilege of using it first. 14. an exclusive right or privilege: to have an exclusive on providing fuel oil to the area. [1400-50; 1900-05 for def. 13; late ME (adj.) < ML exclusivus. See EXCLUSION, -IVE] Syn. 9. select, narrow, clannish, snobbish, restrictive, cliquish, illiberal. Ant. 2. inclusive. |
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