royalty

B2 CET-4 大学 FREQ #9824 ★★☆☆☆

n. 皇室, 王族成员, 王权, 特权阶层, 庄严 [经] 特许权, 使用费, 使用税

发音

US
UK /ˈɹɔɪəlti/

词形变化

royalties 复数 royalties

教材释义与例句

名词

皇室;版税;王权;专利税

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.

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  2. 2.

    People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.

    皇族

    王族

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  3. 3.

    A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.

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  4. 4.

    The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.

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  5. 5.

    Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.

    可数 不可数 引申义
  6. 6.

    To make more money from a book than it cost to run an advertising campaign for it; to make enough in royalties to cover the advance a book received.

    可数 不可数 媒体
  7. 7.

    Someone in a privileged position.

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  8. 8.

    A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

    可数 俚语 不可数 游戏
  9. 9.

    The bounds of a royal burgh.

    苏格兰 可数 历史 不可数

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English royaltee, roialtee, royalte, from Old French roialté, roiauté, realté (compare earlier Old French realted (“realm, kingdom”)), from Vulgar Latin *rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis, equivalent to royal + -ty. Doublet of regality.

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