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birthright

/burth-rahyt/US // ˈbɜrθˌraɪt //UK // (ˈbɜːθˌraɪt) //

长子的权利,生来的权利,生有权,长生不老的权利

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any right or privilege to which a person is entitled by birth: Democracy maintains that freedom is a birthright.

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Examples

  • Your birthright to use drugs is part of the pursuit of happiness, you write.

  • I think of my birthright as the basis of my liberty to control my body, and put what I want in my body as long as I’m not interfering with other people’s ability to do the same.

  • We have those birthrights as long as we don’t prevent others from pursuing their rights.

  • Anthony Goldstein probably chose a trip to the Quidditch World Cup over his Birthright trip to Israel.

  • Canada and the United States are the only industrialized countries that retain birthright citizenship.

  • I cannot sell my birthright, nor am I prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free.

  • Beinart also mischaracterizes what I say about Birthright and other organized trips to Israel.

  • I note that the situation is not as simple as he believes and that Birthright trips avoid settlements too.

  • Jacob robbed his brother of his birthright by trading on his hunger; Joseph robbed a whole people in the same way.

  • I can't tell you how I have longed for a girl's good time here in San Francisco—denied all these years, and my birthright.

  • And her love was not only for those who could claim it as a birthright, but to all who came to Canada in quest of freedom.

  • Why should they use the powers that were their inalienable birthright to make true believers obey a Christian dog?

  • The Constitution and its guarantees are our birthright, and I am ready to enforce that inalienable right to the last extent.