【birthright】 - AEAS备考词汇

birthright

UK:  ['bɜː(r)θ.raɪt]

US:  ['bɜrθ.raɪt]

复数：birthrights  

n.

1.生来就有的权力

1 . Reclaim naps not as the refuge of the lazy, but as the birthright of every creature able to snooze.
重申一下打盹不是给懒惰逃避而是每个生物生来就有的权利。

2 . he chance to get a college education should not be a privilege for the wealthy few, but the birthright of every American.
接受大学教育的机会，不应是少数富人的特权，而应该是每个美国人与生俱来的权利。

3 . He is ready to marry her, she gave her a birthright, also give the forthcoming birth child a birthright.
他准备与她结婚，给她一个名分，也给即将出生的孩子一个名分。

4 . Known as the Chosen, the birthright of the Sun-braves and Shade-stalkers is a life free from want but filled with duty.
如其名天选者，降生即为太阳勇士和阴影潜行者的生活衣食无忧却充满了责任。

5 . High property values, he adds, also pay for all those dinners and fancy gifts that seem to be the birthright of officialdom.
这带来的高财产价值，他补充到，用来给似乎是与生俱来的官僚们买晚餐和那些奢侈的礼物了。