20190309 prize

prize 

【英英释义】

n. 1. 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. 奖品，奖赏，奖金

2. you can refer to someone or something as a prize when people consider them to be of great value or importance. 非常珍贵的人或物，十分重要的人或物 

adj. you use prize to describe things that are of such good quality that they win prizes or deserve to win prizes. 可以获奖的，获奖的 ADJ n

v.1. something that is prized is wanted and admired because it is considered to be very valuable or very good quality. 重视，珍惜 be V-ed  /  V-ed  /  usu passive

2. 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. 撬，撬动，撬开，掰开  V n with adj  /  V n with adv  /  V n out of/from n  /  Mainly BRITISH 美国英语通常用 pry

3. if you prize something such as information out of someone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to. 竭力打探（消息），说服…透露消息 V out of n  /  V n with out  /  Mainly BRITISH  美国英语通常用 pry

to consider something to be very important and special

【词义深度解析】

prize作为名词是“奖品，奖赏”，做动词表示“珍惜，青睐”，我们可以用prize替换value，appreciate，hold dear等词。常用被动语态。prize A over B，更重视A而不是B。

【例句学习】

1. I know that you prize our friendship.

2. It seems that people prize attitude over expertise. 重视态度多过专业知识

3. We should prize content over the means to read it. 我们应当注重阅读内容而不是阅读方式。

4. Overseas returnees are no longer highly prized by employers.

【词汇运用】

1.翻译：许多中国家长非常重视奥数比赛。

Many Chinese parents prize the Olympic Math Competiton. （自己）

The international Mathematical Olympiad, a competition for high students, is much prized by many Chinese parents. （参考翻译）

分析：奥数的表达，Mathematical Olympiad，后面用同位语解释奥数是什么，然后用被动语态表达出中国家长的重视。

2.生活场景应用

Girls often prize their fist love.