prize

noun

/praɪz/

an award that is given to a person who wins a competition, race, etc. or who does very good work奖；奖赏；奖励；奖品；奖金
- She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.她获颁诺贝尔和平奖。
- He won first prize in the woodwind section.他获得木管乐器组一等奖。
- The prize went to the grey long-haired cat.奖项由那只灰色的长毛猫获得。
- prize for something She has received numerous prizes for her work.她的工作获得了许多奖项。
- prize for doing something There are no prizes for guessing (= it is very easy to guess) who she was with.一下子就能猜出她和谁在一起了。
- a cash prize of $5 0005 000美元的现金奖励
- The grand prize is a family trip to Hawaii.大奖是全家去夏威夷旅行。
- His film took the top prize at Cannes last year.他的电影去年在戛纳获得最高奖项。
- I won £500 in prize money.我获得了 500 英镑的奖金。
- a prize fund of £20 000两万英镑的奖金
- Win a car in our prize draw!在我们的抽奖活动中赢得一辆车！
see also booby prize, consolation prize, door prize, Nobel Prize
Wordfinder
- closing date
- competition
- disqualify
- judge
- prize
- round
- runner-up
- submit
- tiebreaker
- winner
- She was the first woman to win this coveted prize.她是第一位赢得这个令人垂涎的奖项的女性。
- The booby prize was awarded to the worst singer in the competition.末名奖颁给了比赛中最差的歌手。
- The prize was presented by the mayor.奖项由市长颁发。
- a prize worth over $3 000价值 3,000 多美元的奖品
- prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine化学、物理和医学奖
- They said the teenager was a worthy winner of the prize.他们说这个少年是当之无愧的获奖者。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- great
- prestigious
- …
verb + prize
- award (somebody)
- give (somebody)
- offer
- …
prize + verb
- go to somebody/something
- be worth something
- total something
- …
prize + noun
- winner
- money
- competition
- …
preposition
- prize for
- prize in
something very important or valuable that is difficult to achieve or obtain难能可贵的事物；难以争取的重要事物
- World peace is the greatest prize of all.世界和平是最可贵的。
- The presidency is the ultimate prize.总统的职位是最高的奖励。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- great
- prestigious
- …
verb + prize
- award (somebody)
- give (somebody)
- offer
- …
prize + verb
- go to somebody/something
- be worth something
- total something
- …
prize + noun
- winner
- money
- competition
- …
preposition
- prize for
- prize in

词源Middle English: the noun, a variant of price; the verb (originally in the sense ‘estimate the value of’) from Old French pris-, stem of preisier ‘to praise, appraise’, from late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium ‘price’.

prize

adjective

/praɪz/

[only before noun]

(especially of an animal, a flower or a vegetable尤指动物、花或蔬菜) good enough to win a prize in a competition好得足以得奖的；应获奖的
- prize cattle能获奖的牛
being a very good example of its kind优秀的；典范性的；出类拔萃的
- a prize student模范学生
- He's a prize specimen of the human race!他是人中楷模！
- (informal) She's a prize idiot (= very silly).她是十足的蠢猪。

prize

verb

/praɪz/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they prize	/praɪz/ /praɪz/
he / she / it prizes	/ˈpraɪzɪz/ /ˈpraɪzɪz/
past simple prized	/praɪzd/ /praɪzd/
past participle prized	/praɪzd/ /praɪzd/
-ing form prizing	/ˈpraɪzɪŋ/ /ˈpraɪzɪŋ/

[usually passive] to value something highly珍视；高度重视 synonym treasure
- prize something an era when honesty was prized above all other virtues尊诚实为美德之首的时代
- prize something for something Oil of cedarwood is highly prized for its use in perfumery.雪松油可用于制香水，因此十分珍贵。
- The berries are prized for their healing properties.这些浆果因有治疗功能而备受喜爱。
- The library is prized as the finest of its kind in England.这家图书馆被认为是英格兰同类图书馆中最好的。
- a precious thing to be prized above all else比其他所有东西都更被看重的珍品
- two fruits that are much prized on the island这个岛上人们非常喜爱的两种水果
Collocations Dictionary
preposition
- above
- as
- for
- …
phrases
- highly prized
- much prized
(North American English)
(also prise especially in British English)
(also pry especially in North American English)
to use force to separate something from something else强行使分开；撬开

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