exclusive

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/|/ɪkˈsklu.zɪv/    /ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/|/ɪkˈsklu.zɪv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
    — The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially disastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature.
  2. A member of a group who excludes others from their society.
    — The exclusives at the English Universities apply the term CAD to all non-members.
  3. A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.
形容词 adj.
  1. Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions. literally
  2. Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. figuratively
  3. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of social status, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
    — Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.
  4. Exclusionary.
  5. Whole, undivided, entire.
    — The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.
  6. Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
    — The pronoun in "We're going to a party later, but you aren't invited" is an exclusive "we".
  7. Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.
    — They decided to no longer be exclusive.

词形变化

more exclusive comparative most exclusive superlative exclusives plural

词源

词源 1
From Latin exclūsīvus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”).
词源 2
From Latin exclūsīvus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”).
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