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preferment

/pri-fur-muhnt/US // prɪˈfɜr mənt //UK // (prɪˈfɜːmənt) //

预设,预付,预付费用,预付款项

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of preferring.
    • : the state of being preferred.
    • : advancement or promotion, especially in the church.
    • : a position or office affording social or pecuniary advancement.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inimprovement
as inpromotion
Antonyms
as inmelioration

Examples

  • It would be a misfortune if the impression were created that preferment to the episcopal bench was confined to High Churchmen.

  • You won't keep him long, you know, for Puffin's a man certain of good preferment.

  • Under the latter he was deprived of his preferment in Oxford, and under a harsher rule might have incurred yet graver penalties.

  • In November, 1561, his preferment was announced, and almost immediately afterwards the news was contradicted on authority.

  • "And my partial little daughter had the bestowal of such preferment and titles," he added laughingly.