Prize
[praɪz]
解释:
(noun.) something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery; 'the prize was a free trip to Europe'.
(verb.) hold dear; 'I prize these old photographs'.
艾拉编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
(n.) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
(n.) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
(n.) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
(n.) Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
(n.) A contest for a reward; competition.
(n.) A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
(v. t.) To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry.
(v. t.) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
(v. t.) To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to esteem.
(n.) Estimation; valuation.
录入:山姆
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Reward, premium, trophy.[2]. Capture.
v. a. [1]. Estimate, rate, appraise.[2]. Esteem, value highly.
柏格编辑
同义词及反义词：
[See ADVENTURE_and_BUSINESS]
SYN:Booty, spoil, plunder, prey, forage, trophy, laurels, guerdon, premium, honors,ovation, palm
ANT:Loss, forfeiture, fine, penalty, amercement, sacrifice, disappointment,failure, brand, stigma, infamy, mulct
卡拉校对
解释:
v.t. to set a price on: to value: to value highly.—n. valuation estimate.—n. Priz′er (Shak.) an appraiser.
n. that which is taken or gained by competition: anything taken from an enemy in war: (hunting) the note of the trumpet blown at the capture of the game: a captured vessel: that which is won in a lottery: anything offered for competition: a gain: a reward: (Shak.) a competition.—adj. worthy of a prize: to which a prize is given.—adjs. Priz′able -eable valuable.—ns. Prize′-court a court for judging regarding prizes made on the high seas; Prize′-fight a combat in which those engaged fight for a prize or wager; Prize′-fight′er a boxer who fights publicly for a prize; Prize′-fight′ing; Prize′-list recorded of the winners in a competition; Prize′man; Prize′-mon′ey share of the money or proceeds from any prizes taken from an enemy; Priz′er (Shak.) one who competes for a prize; Prize′-ring a ring for prize-fighting: the practice itself.
v.t. to force open by means of a lever.
格雷戈里录入
例句:
- That you prize? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I must shut up my prize. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- If after that you are taken, you will then be a prize; but now you are only a stranger, and have a stranger's right to safety and protection. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- I love Memory to-night, she said: I prize her as my best friend. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Stephenson and Henry Booth built the Rocket, and, as this was the only engine that fulfilled all the conditions, took the prize. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- It was not unpleasant to the taste, though slightly acid, and I learned in a short time to prize it very highly. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Whose good lance, replied the robber, won the prize in to-day's tourney? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- These threads are proposed as prizes for those persons whom the emperor has a mind to distinguish by a peculiar mark of his favour. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- The vain hopes of gaining some of the great prizes is the sole cause of this demand. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The principal are, The produce of French prizes. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The sheiks of the tribes, under a king of the poets, sat in judgment and awarded prizes; the prize songs were sung through all Arabia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Having been absolutely carried along by the immense concourse of ladies, we came up close to Lord Kinnaird, who was dealing out the blanks and prizes. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- He brought home numberless prizes and testimonials of ability. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Not everyone may feel that to push out into the untried, and take risks for big prizes, is worth while. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- He remained in London a year and a half, working in two of the leading printing establishments of the metropolis, where his skill and reliability were soon prized. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Hours, minutes and seconds began to be carefully prized, both by the trades and professions, and the demand from the common people for accurate time records became great. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- This possession--its proudest and most prized--had for years been nominal only. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Other members of the party left similar memorials, which under the circumstances have come to be greatly prized. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- My little morsel of human affection, which I prized as if it were a solid pearl, must melt in my fingers and slip thence like a dissolving hailstone. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Pictures like that are much to be prized, for they fill to some extent the place of books, which are so rare and cost so much. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- What a pang it was to lose all that: to have had it and not prized it! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- It denotes an enlarged, an intensified prizing, not merely a prizing, much less--like depreciation--a lowered and degraded prizing. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- On the one hand, it denotes the attitude of prizing a thing finding it worth while, for its own sake, or intrinsically. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
整理:鲁道夫