prize

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prize的基本意思是指頒予競(jìng)賽中優(yōu)勝者、學(xué)校優(yōu)秀學(xué)生等的“獎(jiǎng)賞,獎(jiǎng)金,獎(jiǎng)品”,還可指“值得競(jìng)爭(zhēng)追求之物”,是可數(shù)名詞。
prize用于比喻可指“橫財(cái),意外的收獲”,是不可數(shù)名詞。
prize可用于其他名詞前作定語(yǔ),表示“獲獎(jiǎng)的,該得獎(jiǎng)的; 第一流的,了不起的”,在口語(yǔ)中,還可表示“糟透了的,十足的”,用作反語(yǔ)。

prize用作動(dòng)詞時(shí)意思是“珍視,珍惜”,是及物動(dòng)詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ),可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。

The portrait of her mother was her most prized possession.
她母親的這張肖像是她最珍愛(ài)的物品。

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
(REWARD) to think that someone or something is very valuable or important
(LIFT) to use force to lift something off something else, for example by pressing a tool against a fixed point; to separate things using force
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.

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 use prize to describe things that are of such good quality that they win prizes or deserve to win prizes.
You can refer to someone or something as a prize when people consider them to be of great value or importance.
Something that is prized is wanted and admired because it is considered to be very valuable or very good quality.
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