Preferment
[prɪ'fɜːm(ə)nt] or [prɪ'fɝmənt]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:内尔达
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Promotion, advancement, exaltation, elevation.
柯蒂斯校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Dignity, promotion, benefice, advancement, exaltation
ANT:Degradation, deprivation, suspension
克莱德編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- However, Meyler spoiled my preferment with Ebrington by hurting his lordship's vanity and thus damping all his ardour. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The same difference runs through all the inferior degrees of preferment in both. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Those fears and expectations may consist in the fear of deprivation or other punishment, and in the expectation of further preferment. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I am no young lady on her preferment. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- But the motives of a man who takes orders with the certainty of preferment may be fairly suspected, you think? 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I confess that's what I should be afraid of, if we parsons had to stand at the hustings for preferment. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- All church preferments were in this manner in the disposal of the church. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Does an individual place himself beyond the pale of those preferments by entering on such an office as Mr. Micawber has accepted? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
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