appanage
英[\'æpənɪdʒ]
美[\'æpənɪdʒ]
基本释义
- n.
- （王，候或家臣的）封地，封禄
英英释义
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"