prize是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 something valuable, such as an amount of money, that is given to someone who succeeds in a competition or game or that is given to someone as a reward for doing very good work -- 獎；獎賞；獎金

  • The critics' prize for best film was won by Marc Abbott for "Belly Laugh". 馬克•阿博特的《捧腹大笑》被評論家們評為最佳影片。

  • I won a prize in the raffle. 我在摸彩中獲了獎。

  • The first (= main) prize is a week for two in Miami. 頭獎是邁阿密雙人週末遊。

  • The prize money for winning Wimbledon has been increased by 12.5 per cent. 溫布頓冠軍獎金額度提高了12.5%。

  • The prize would be her hand in marriage. 最理想的是娶她為妻。

• 1 to think that someone or something is very valuable or important -- 重視，珍視

  • In parts of Asia this plant is prized for its medicinal qualities. 在亞洲某些地區，這種植物因其藥用價值而倍受重視。

  • I prize that intimacy above everything. 我把那種親密關係看得比甚麼都重。

• 2 to use force to lift something off something else, for example by pressing a tool against a fixed point; to separate things using force -- 撬，撬開

  • I prized the lid off with a spoon. 我用杓子把蓋子撬掉。

  • The window had been prized open with a jemmy. 窗戶被用撬棍撬開了。

  • She couldn't prize his fingers apart to get the key. 她沒法掰開他的手指拿到鑰匙。

• 3 A prize animal, flower, or vegetable is one that has won or deserves to win a prize in a competition because it is of very good quality. -- （指動物、花或蔬菜）得獎的；該得獎的；一流的

  • a prize bull 一流的公牛

  • a prize marrow 上好的西葫蘆

  • prize assets 重要資產

  • Some prize idiot (= extremely foolish person) forgot to lock the door. 有個大傻瓜忘了鎖門。