prizes

英 [ˈpraɪzɪz]

美 [ˈpraɪzɪz]

n.  奖; 奖赏; 奖励; 奖品; 奖金; 难能可贵的事物; 难以争取的重要事物
v.  珍视; 高度重视
prize的第三人称单数和复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

The spelling prise is also used in British English for meanings 5 and 6. 在英国英语中，义项5和6亦可拼作prise。


• N-COUNT 奖品；奖赏；奖金
  Aprizeis money or something valuable that is given to someone who has the best results in a competition or game, or as a reward for doing good work.
  1. You must claim your prize by telephoning our claims line...
     您必须通过拨打我们的领奖电话来领取奖品。
  2. He won first prize at the Leeds Piano Competition...
     他在利兹国际钢琴比赛中荣获一等奖。
  3. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1985...
     他于1985年被授予诺贝尔物理学奖。
  4. They were going all out for the prize-money, £6,500 for the winning team.
     他们正全力争取队伍获胜，以赢得6,500英镑的奖金。
• ADJ 可以获奖的；获奖的
  You useprizeto describe things that are of such good quality that they win prizes or deserve to win prizes.
  1. ...a prize bull.
     获奖的公牛
  2. ...prize blooms.
     有望获奖的花
• N-COUNT 非常珍贵的人（或物）；十分重要的人（或物）
  You can refer to someone or something as aprizewhen people consider them to be of great value or importance.
  1. With no lands of his own, he was no great matrimonial prize.
     他没有自己的地产，不是结婚的上佳人选。
• VERB 重视；珍惜
  Something thatis prizedis wanted and admired because it is considered to be very valuable or very good quality.
  1. Military figures, made out of lead are prized by collectors...
     收藏家们对铅铸的军人塑像视若珍宝。
  2. One of the gallery's most prized possessions is the portrait of Ginevra de'Benci.
     这个美术馆最珍贵的藏品之一是达芬奇的《女子肖像》。
• VERB 撬；撬动；撬开；掰开
  If youprizesomething open orprizeit away from a surface, you force it to open or force it to come away from the surface.
  1. He tried to prize the dog's mouth open...
     他试图把这条狗的嘴掰开。
  2. I prised off the metal rim surrounding one of the dials...
     我把其中一个刻度盘的金属边撬开了。
  3. He held on tight but she prised it from his fingers.
     他抓得很紧，但她还是掰开他的手，把它拿走了。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pry


• VERB 竭力打探（消息等）；说服…透露（消息）
  If youprizesomething such as informationout ofsomeone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to.
  1. Alison and I had to prize conversation out of him.
     我和艾莉森只得从他口中撬出谈话内容。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pry

双语例句

• Not only chairmanships but other political prizes and considerations usually are allotted on the basis of longest service in congress.
  不仅委员会主席的职位，还有其他政治上的好处与方便通常也是分配给在国会服务最久的人。
• Our team went to the games without much hope, but they surprised us and brought home the bacon& three first prizes and two second!
  我们队去参加比赛时没抱多大成功的希望，不料大获全胜&荣获三个第一名，两个第二名。
• The prizes were distributed among five winners.
  奖品发给了五位优胜者。
• These are the prizes given for the most outstanding British theatrical performances of the year.
  这些奖项将要颁发给本年度英国最杰出的戏剧表演作品。
• People who adore the thrill of the chase know that prizes, like diamonds, are worth striving for.
  享受追求过程中的刺激的人们清楚，奖赏和钻石一样，是值得为之一搏的。
• Jim carried off most of the prizes at the races.
  吉姆夺得了比赛中的大部分奖牌。
• They will compete for prizes totalling nearly £ 3,000.
  他们将为总额近3,000英镑的奖金展开争夺。
• Prizes worth a mouth-watering £ 9.6 million are unclaimed.
  价值960万英镑的诱人奖品无人认领。
• The Pulitzer board awarded 13 journalism prizes and seven prizes in the arts.
  普利策委员会授予了13项新闻工作奖和7项艺术方面的奖项。
• I was the top student on campus and have been awarded with early all kinds of scholarships and prizes.
  在大学时我是出色的学生，获得了几乎所有的奖学金和奖励。