Preferment
[prɪ'fɜːm(ə)nt] or [prɪ'fɝmənt]
解释:
(noun.) the act of preferring; 'the preferment went to the younger candidate'.
(noun.) the act of making accusations; 'preferment of charges'.
整理:莎丽--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference.
(n.) The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion.
(n.) A position or office of honor or profit; as, the preferments of the church.
编辑:内尔达
同义词及近义词：
n. Promotion, advancement, exaltation, elevation.
柯蒂斯校对
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Dignity, promotion, benefice, advancement, exaltation
ANT:Degradation, deprivation, suspension
克莱德编辑
例句:
- However, Meyler spoiled my preferment with Ebrington by hurting his lordship's vanity and thus damping all his ardour. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- The same difference runs through all the inferior degrees of preferment in both. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Those fears and expectations may consist in the fear of deprivation or other punishment, and in the expectation of further preferment. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- I am no young lady on her preferment. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- But the motives of a man who takes orders with the certainty of preferment may be fairly suspected, you think? 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- I confess that's what I should be afraid of, if we parsons had to stand at the hustings for preferment. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- All church preferments were in this manner in the disposal of the church. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Does an individual place himself beyond the pale of those preferments by entering on such an office as Mr. Micawber has accepted? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
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