the royal prerogative• Some important areas of government activity were regulated by the royal prerogativehut could not be controlled by ultravires. 2.• For example the administration of overseas territories has been accomplished by means of orders in council issued by virtue of the royal prerogative.• Once again, the immediate issues were the royal prerogative and the high taxburdensentailed by the monarch's profligate spending.
Originprerogative
(1300-1400)Frenchprérogative, from Latinpraerogativus“voting first in a Roman election”, from rogare“to ask”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PREROGATIVEADJECTIVE➤exclusive, sole專有特權◇Making such decisions is not the sole prerogative of managers.作這類決定並不是管理者的專有特權。➤constitutional, judicial, managerial, presidential, royal憲法/司法/管理/總統/王室特權▸➤personal私人特權➤male男性的特權◇women who challenge male prerogatives挑戰男性特權的女性VERB + PREROGATIVE➤enjoy, have享有特權◇one of the prerogatives enjoyed by the president總統享有的特權之一➤assert, exercise, use宣稱(擁有)/行使/使用特權◇The President has asserted the full prerogatives of his office.總統已經宣佈擁有其職位所賦予的全部權力。◇You can of course exercise your prerogative to leave at any time.您當然可以行使您的特權,隨時可以離開。➤defend, preserve, protect維護特權;保留特權◇The tsar protected his personal prerogatives.沙皇維護了自己的私人特權。➤challenge挑戰特權◇those who challenge the prerogatives of the elite那些挑戰精英特權的人們➤retain保留特權◇Baker retained the prerogative to craft solutions himself.貝克把構思解決方案的特權留給自己。➤give up, surrender放棄特權