名詞 proprietary:

1. an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
   同義詞：proprietorship

形容詞 proprietary:

1. protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights

1. And often the Japanese have added proprietary engineering to improve our machines. Like all the other semiconductor firms, we are in a box.
   往往日本人以自創(chuàng)的方法改良我們的機器。就像所有其他半導體公司一樣，我們也陷于困境。
2. In data security, the transmission of data to unauthorized users by processes with legitimate access to data. A compiler, for example, could leak a proprietary program whilst it is being compiled.
   在數(shù)據(jù)保密學中，通過合法訪問數(shù)據(jù)的進程將數(shù)據(jù)傳輸給未授權的用戶的過程。例如，編譯程序在編譯期間便可能泄漏專用程序。
3. A proprietary hospital.
   一家私人醫(yī)院
4. One granted ownership of a proprietary colony.
   領主獨占某殖民地所有權的人

pro.pri.e.tar.y

adj.Abbr. prop.,pty.（形容詞）縮寫 prop.,pty.
Of or relating to a proprietor or to proprietors as a group:
所有人的：屬于一個所有人或作為群體的所有人的，或與之有關的：
例句：
proprietary rights.
所有權

Exclusively owned; private:
私有的：獨家占有的；私人的：
例句：
a proprietary hospital.
一家私人醫(yī)院

Befitting an owner:
業(yè)主的：業(yè)主所特有的：
例句：
a proprietary air.
業(yè)主所特有的架子

Owned by a private individual or corporation under a trademark or patent:
專賣的，專利的：在一個專利商標或?qū)＠麢嘞掠蓚€人或企業(yè)所有的：
例句：
a proprietary drug.
一種專賣藥

n.（名詞）
【復數(shù)】 pro.pri.e.tar.ies 縮寫 prop.,pty.
A proprietor.
業(yè)主：所有人
A group of proprietors.
一群所有人
Ownership; proprietorship.
所有權：占有權；所有權
A proprietary medicine.
專賣藥品
One granted ownership of a proprietary colony.
領主：獨占某殖民地所有權的人

來源：
From Middle English proprietarie [owner of property]
源自 中古英語 proprietarie [財產(chǎn)的占有者]
from Old French proprietaire
源自 古法語 proprietaire
and from Medieval Latin propriet3rius
并源自 中世紀拉丁語 propriet3rius
both from Late Latin [of a property owner]
都源自 后期拉丁語 [屬于財產(chǎn)主人的]
from Latin propriet3s [ownership] * see property
源自 拉丁語 propriet3s [占有權] *參見 property

【引伸】
propri.etar.ily
adv.（副詞）