proprietary
adj[usu attrib 通常作定语]
1
(a) (of goods) manufactured and sold by a particular firm, usu under patent (指货物)独家制造和销售的, (通常指)专利的
proprietary medicines 专卖药品
proprietary brands 专利商标.
(b) (in this dictionary abbreviated as propr) (of a brand name) owned and used exclusively by a particular firm (本词典略作propr专利名)(指商标名称)专利的
a proprietary name, eg Kodak for cameras and films 专利名称(如照相机及胶片所用的柯达牌商标)
`Xerox' is a proprietary name and may not be used by other makers of photocopiers. `施乐'为专利名称, 制造复印机的其他厂家不得采用.
2 of or relating to an owner or ownership 所有的; 所有权的
proprietary rights 所有权.
Well, it's getting late. I must be off now. Nice to meet you.
好啦,时间不早了。我得走了。见到你很高兴。
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.