appanage

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基本釋義

n.
（王，候或家臣的）封地，封祿

英英釋義

Noun

  • 1. any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life;

    "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"

  • 2. a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family;

    "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"

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