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
A prize is 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.
- 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。 - 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。 - He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1985...
他于1985年被授予诺贝尔物理学奖。 - 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 use prize to describe things that are of such good quality that they win prizes or deserve to win prizes.
- ...a prize bull.
获奖的公牛 - ...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 a prize when people consider them to be of great value or importance.
- 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 that is prized is wanted and admired because it is considered to be very valuable or very good quality.
- 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。 - 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 you prize something open or prize it away from a surface, you force it to open or force it to come away from the surface.
- He tried to prize the dog's mouth open...
他试图把这条狗的嘴掰开。 - 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。 - 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 you prize something such as information out of someone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to.
- 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