Perquisite
['pɜːkwɪzɪt] or ['pɝkwəzɪt]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service.
(n.) Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.
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解釋/意思:
n. an allowance granted over and above the settled wages: a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service.—ns. Perquisi′tion a strict search: diligent inquiry; Perquis′itor the first purchaser of an estate.
編輯:默里
例句/造句/用法:
- The truth is, he was attached to the lady's maid in question, and indignant that she should have been robbed of her perquisites. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But the perquisites of custom-house officers are everywhere much greater than their salaries; at some ports more than double or triple those salaries. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
校對:斯坦顿