perquisite
noun /ˈpɜːkwɪzɪt/
/ˈpɜːrkwɪzɪt/
(formal)- (also perk)[usually plural] something you receive as well as your wages for doing a particular job
(工资之外的)补贴,津贴,额外待遇 - perquisite (of somebody) something to which somebody has a special right because of their social position
特权;利益 - Politics used to be the perquisite of the property-owning classes.
政治曾经是有产阶级的特权。
- Politics used to be the perquisite of the property-owning classes.
词源late Middle English: from medieval Latin perquisitum ‘acquisition’, from Latin perquirere ‘search diligently for’, from per- ‘thoroughly’ + quaerere ‘seek’.