門檻高·高級
把價格和門檻抬到很高，能進來的自然只剩少數人——排他變成一種身分感。
upscale, high-end · adjective · B2
So expensive or high-class that only a few people can afford to use or buy it.
高級的／頂級的
核心畫面
You can picture exclusive as a door held open for only one person or group, while everyone else is shut outside. Whatever gets 'shut out' — other people, other options, extra costs — is what each meaning turns on.
可以想成一扇只為某一個人或一群人開著的門，其他人全被關在門外。exclusive 的每個意思都繞著「把誰、把什麼關在…更多收起
可以想成一扇只為某一個人或一群人開著的門，其他人全被關在門外。exclusive 的每個意思都繞著「把誰、把什麼關在外面」在轉：擋掉的可能是別人、是其他選項，也可能是沒算進去的費用。From the word’s history
From Latin excludere 'to shut out', from ex- 'out' + claudere 'to close, shut'. The word is literally about shutting others out — exactly the modern core: keep it for one side, shut the rest out.
來自拉丁文 excludere「關在外面」，由 ex-（出去）＋ claudere（關、閉）組成。字面就是「把人關到門外」，正好就是今天 exclusive 的核心——只給一方，其餘全擋掉。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com/word/exclusive, /word/exclude)
From the picture
刻意把人擋在外面
這一支直接回到 ex+claudere「把人關在外面」的字面：重點在有意不讓某些人進來。
exclusionary · adjective · B2
Keeping some people out on purpose, so they cannot join a group or take part.
排外的
互相排除·不包含
被關在門外的不再是人，而是另一個選項或一筆費用——兩件事互相擋、或某項東西沒被算進來。
mutually incompatible · adjective · B2
Not able to be true or to happen at the same time as another.
互斥的
獨家新聞（名詞）
名詞用法：一則只有這家搶到、把其他媒體都關在門外的新聞。
exclusive news story · noun · B2
An exciting or important news story printed by only one newspaper, because it found out about it first.
獨家報導
Also in this word
restricted to one · adjective · B2
Available to or owned by only one person or group, and not shared with others.
獨有的／專屬的
sole, undivided · adjective · B2
Giving all your attention to only one thing.
唯一專注的
原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
exclusiveadj/ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/
- 1
Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
- 2
Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only.
- 3
A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of social status, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
- Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.
- 4
Exclusionary.
- 5
Whole, undivided, entire.
- The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.
- 6
human-scienceslinguisticssciencesOf or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
- The pronoun in "We're going to a party later, but you aren't invited" is an exclusive "we".
- 7
Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.
- They decided to no longer be exclusive.
exclusivenoun/ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/
- 1
Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
- The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially disastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature.
- 2
A member of a group who excludes others from their society.
- The exclusives at the English Universities apply the term CAD to all non-members.
- 3
grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsA word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。