名词特权; （因财富和社会地位而仅有部分人享有的）权益; 免责特权; 特殊荣幸

及物动词给与…特权，特免

1. （某人或某团体独享的）特权，优惠
A privilege is a special right or advantage that only one person or group has.

e.g. The Russian Federation has issued a decree abolishing special privileges for government officials.
俄罗斯联邦已经颁布法令废除政府官员的特权。
e.g. ...the ancient powers and privileges of the House of Commons.
国会下议院古老的权力和特权

2. （常指因财富、社会地位而享有的）特权，优惠
If you talk about privilege, you are talking about the power and advantage that only a small group of people have, usually because of their wealth or their high social class.

e.g. Pironi was the son of privilege and wealth, and it showed...
皮罗尼出身于有钱有势的豪门，这看得出来。
e.g. Having been born to privilege in old Hollywood, she was carrying on a family tradition by acting.
她出身于过去好莱坞的名门，继承了当演员的家族传统。

3. 荣幸；荣耀
You can use privilege in expressions such as be a privilege or have the privilege when you want to show your appreciation of someone or something or to show your respect.

e.g. It must be a privilege to know such a man...
认识这样的人肯定很荣幸。
e.g. I once had the privilege of meeting the late philosopher CLR James.
我曾经有幸和已故的哲学家C.L.R.詹姆士会面。

4. 特殊对待；给予…特权；给予…优待
To privilege someone or something means to treat them better or differently than other people or things rather than treat them all equally.

e.g. We want to privilege them because without the top graduate students, we can't remain a top university...
我们希望给予这些最顶尖的研究生特别照顾，因为没有他们，我们就无法继续处于一流大学之列。
e.g. They are privileging a tiny number to the disadvantage of the rest.
他们优待少数几个人，使其他人处于不利的境地。

形容词志愿的; 自愿的，自发的; 故意的，有意的; [法]无偿的

名词自愿者; 自愿行动; 即兴演奏，自选节目; 自愿地做的工作

1. 自愿的;志愿的;主动的;自发的
Voluntary actions or activities are done because someone chooses to do them and not because they have been forced to do them.

e.g. Attention is drawn to a special voluntary course in Commercial French...
一门特别的商务法语选修课引起了大家的关注。
e.g. The scheme, due to begin next month, will be voluntary.
定于下个月开始实施的方案是自愿性质的。

名词安排; 排列; 约定; 改编

1. 安排；准备；筹划
Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.

e.g. The staff is working frantically on final arrangements for the summit...
工作人员正紧张忙乱地为峰会做最后准备。
e.g. She telephoned Ellen, but made no arrangements to see her.
她给埃伦打了电话，但没有约她见面。

2. 商定；约定；协议
An arrangement is an agreement that you make with someone to do something.

e.g. The caves can be visited only by prior arrangement...
这些洞穴只接受预约参观。
e.g. Her class teacher made a special arrangement to discuss her progress at school once a month.
她班上的老师作了特别安排，每月讨论一次她在学业上的进展情况。

3. 排列；布置；整理
An arrangement of things, for example flowers or furniture, is a group of them displayed in a particular way.

e.g. The house was always decorated with imaginative flower arrangements.
这所房子总是摆放着富有创意的插花。
e.g. ...an arrangement of dark-blue armchairs around a coffee table.
咖啡桌周围摆放了一些深蓝色扶手椅

4. （乐曲的）改编
If someone makes an arrangement of a piece of music, they change it so that it is suitable for particular voices or instruments, or for a particular performance.

e.g. ...an arrangement of a well-known piece by Mozart...
莫扎特一首名曲的改编曲
e.g. Glen Bronka wrote his own orchestral arrangements.
格伦·布朗卡把自己的曲子改编成了管弦乐曲。

名词分配，分布; [法]（无遗嘱死亡者的）财产分配; [无线]频率分布; [电]配电

1. 分发;分派;分送
The distribution of things involves giving or delivering them to a number of people or places.

e.g. ...the council which controls the distribution of foreign aid...
掌管外援物资派发的委员会
e.g. He admitted there had been distribution problems.
他承认曾出现过配给问题。

2. 分配;分布
The distribution of something is how much of it there is in each place or at each time, or how much of it each person has.

e.g. ...a more equitable distribution of wealth.
更公平合理的财富分配
e.g. One of the side effects may be to change the geographical distribution of parasitic diseases such as malaria.
其中的一个意外后果可能是改变诸如疟疾之类的寄生虫引发的疾病的地理分布。

3. (电影在各院线的)发行，上映
Film distribution involves deciding which cinemas a particular film is shown in.

e.g. ...a film-distribution company.
电影发行公司

形容词拥有的，占有的; 着魔的，疯狂的

动词拥有( possess的过去式和过去分词)

1. 着魔的；鬼怪附体的
If someone is described as being possessed by an evil spirit, it is believed that their mind and body are controlled by an evil spirit.

e.g. She even claimed the couple's daughter was possessed by the devil...
她甚至宣称那对夫妇的女儿被魔鬼附了体。
e.g. He behaved like someone possessed.
他行为举止像是魔怔了。

2. 拥有的；占有的；具有的
If someone or something is possessed of a particular quality, ability, or feature, they have that quality, ability, or feature. If someone is possessed of a particular feeling or belief, they have that feeling or belief.

e.g. He is possessed of the most brilliant talents...
他才华横溢。
e.g. She was possessed of a terrifying sensation that the life was being squeezed slowly out of her.
她有一种可怕的感觉，自己的生命正在慢慢凋零。

3. see also: possess