A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
特权
Privilege
I was brought up in a world of privilege.
我在一个特权的世界里长大。
A free public broadcast license is a privilege.
免费的公共广播许可证是一种特权。
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
一生的特权就是做你自己。
I was a child of privilege and I woke up to a world on fire.
我是一个特权阶级的孩子,我醒来时看到的是一个着火的世界。
Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.
成为律师是一项有条件的特权。
Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.
剥开悲观主义者的外衣,你会发现他们往往是特权的捍卫者。
I can barely walk, but it's a privilege to be able to move at all.
我几乎不能走路,但能活动是一种特权。
Yeah, I've had the privilege to know a lot of really talented people.
是的,我有幸认识了很多非常有才华的人。
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
等级不授予特权或权力。这强加的责任。
The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.
荒谬的特权;除了人以外,没有任何生物服从于它。
I have therefore concluded to apply for the privilege of becoming a Cadet at West Point.
因此,我决定申请西点军校学员一职。
The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor.
当市长的真正特权是我有机会成为每个人的邻居。
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I believe everyone should have healthcare. In all my correspondence - I've been saying for years - it's a right, not a privilege.
我认为每个人都应该有医疗保健。在我所有的信件中——我多年来一直在说——这是一种权利,而不是特权。
However, when the privilege depends solely on the broad, undifferentiated claim of public interest in the confidentiality of such conversations, a confrontation with other values arises.
然而,当特权完全依赖于公共利益对此类对话保密的广泛、无区别的要求时,就会与其他价值观产生冲突。
No matter how many frustrations come along, or how many problems arise, I never lose the feeling of how lucky I am. I'm so pleased to be doing a job that makes me laugh every day. I'm aware that it's a huge privilege.
无论遇到多少挫折,出现多少问题,我都不会失去我是多么幸运的感觉。我很高兴能做一份让我每天都开怀大笑的工作。我知道这是一个巨大的特权。
Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.
科学有一种超越实用的简单信念。这是一种信念,即学习理解是人类的特权,这是人类的使命。
I was good at being a doctor; my patients liked me. At times people trust you with things they wouldn't tell their spouses. It was a real privilege.
我擅长做一名医生;我的病人喜欢我。有时候人们会把他们不会告诉配偶的事情托付给你。这是一种真正的特权。
I think that people who live in cultures without quite so much privilege, opportunity or grandiosity have a little bit more respect for the workings of destiny, and the limitations that people can find themselves in through no fault of their own.
我认为,生活在没有那么多特权、机会或浮夸的文化中的人,对命运的运作有更多的尊重,以及人们发现自己所处的局限,而这些局限并不是他们自己的过错。