exclusive

1. ADJ If you describe something as exclusive, you mean that it is limited to people who have a lot of money or who are privileged, and is therefore not available to everyone. 僅限富貴人士的

It used to be a private, exclusive club, and now it's open to all New Yorkers. 它曾是一家高檔的私人俱樂部，而現(xiàn)在它對所有紐約人開放。

2. ADJ Something that is exclusive is used or owned by only one person or group, and not shared with anyone else. 專用的; 獨有的

Our group will have exclusive use of a 60-foot boat. 我們組將有一條專用的60英尺的船。

3. ADJ If a newspaper, magazine, or broadcasting organization describes one of its reports as exclusive, they mean it is a special report that does not appear in any other publication or on any other channel. 獨家的 (新聞報道)

He told the magazine in an exclusive interview: "All my problems stem from drinking."

他在一次獨家采訪中告知那家雜志：“我所有的問題源于飲酒。”

4. N-COUNT An exclusive is an exclusive article or report. 獨家文章; 獨家報道

Some papers thought they had an exclusive. 一些報社以為他們有一條獨家報道。

5. ADJ If a company states that its prices, goods, or services are exclusive of something, that thing is not included in the stated price, although it usually still has to be paid for. 不包括…的

...the average cost of a three-course dinner exclusive of tax, tip and beverage. …不含稅、小費和酒水費用的3道菜晚餐的平均花費。

6. PHRASE If two things are mutually exclusive, they are separate and very different from each other, so that it is impossible for them to exist or happen together. 互相排斥的; 不兼容的

They both have learned that ambition and successful fatherhood can be mutually exclusive. 他們都明白了事業(yè)心與做個成功的父親是互相排斥的。