prize v.
释义：to consider something to be very important and special
“prize”作为名词是“奖品”“奖赏”，它也常用作动词，表示“珍惜”“青睐”。在一些语境中，可以替换 value, appreciate, hold dear 等词。
例①“我知道你很重视我们之间的友谊”。
I know that you prize our friendship.
最新一期的《经济学人》在语言专栏 Johnson 中就用到了 prize：
It seems that people prize attitude over expertise.（这句话的意思是说，读者读写作指南时，更看重作者对语言的态度而不是专业知识）
prize A over B 表示“更重视 A，而不是 B”。
例② 我们想说和用哪种方式阅读比较而言，我们应该更重视内容，就可以说成：
We should prize content over the means to read it.
prize 表示“珍惜”“青睐”时，也常常使用被动语态 be prized by。
例③ 如今“海归”回国找工作时没那么“吃香”了。
Overseas returnees are no longer highly prized by employers.
1.翻译：许多中国家长非常重视奥数比赛。
The International Mathematical Olympiad is prized by many Chinese parents.
（参考翻译：The International Mathematical Olympiad, a competition for high school students, is much prized by many Chinese parents.）
2. 造句练习
场景: 中国越来越重视STEAM教育。
造句: STEAM Education, a way to teach how all things relate to each other, is progressively prized in China.
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