◇synomym : right, dueness, advantage, claim, freedom, liberty, concession, entitlement
1. a special right or advantage that a particular person or group of people has
(특정 개인・단체가 갖는) 특전[특혜]
- Education should be a universal right, not a privilege.
- It is unfair that one person should start life with more privilege for no reason other than birth.
- You can enjoy all the benefits and privileges of club membership.
- graduation speech, Jennings asked his classmates to consider whether a Harvard education was a privilege or a responsibility...
2. (disapproving) the rights and advantages that rich and powerful people in a society have
(못마땅함) (사회 내의 부유층이 갖는) 특권
-Owning an imported automobile is no longer a special privilege of the rich and famous.
- He is the rich white guy of privilege.
3. something that you are proud and lucky to have the opportunity to do
(어떤 일을 하는 기회를 갖는) 영광
- I hope to have the privilege of working with them again.
- I had the privilege of interviewing Picasso in the 1960s.
4. a special right, immunity, or exemption granted to person in authority or office to free them from certain obligations or liabilities.
면책특권
- the privilege of a senator to speak in Congress without danger of a libel suit. (명예훼손 소송)
▲entitlement
1. the right to guaranteed benefits under a government program, as Social Security.
- In the West you’ve seeing the program of entitlement. The cost of social security, the cost of Medicare, the cost of Medicare.
- The Wisconsin governor rammed through legislation that cut soaring pension costs and entitlement funds. (입법을 밀어붙이다.)
2. belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges.
-celebrities who have an arrogant sense of entitlement.
▲concession
1. something that is allowed or given, oftern in order to end a disagreement. 양보
- The president office seems to think that if it makes a concession on this matter, it will lose ground to the opposition early.
2. a special right to poverty or land. a right to sell a product in a particular area.
(특히 정부나 고용주가 집단・단체 등에 부여하는) 권리: 구내매점
- The Bolivian government has granted logging concessions covering 22 million hectares.
- Very few moviegoers buy nothing at all from the concession stand.
