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an award that is given to a person who wins a competition, race, etc. or who does very good work 奖;奖赏;奖励;奖品;奖金 She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 她获颁诺贝尔和平奖。 He won first prize in the woodwind section. 他获得木管乐器组一等奖。 The prize went to the grey long-haired cat. 奖项由那只灰色的长毛猫获得。 - prize for something
She has received numerous prizes for her work. 她的工作获得了许多奖项。 - prize for doing something
There are no prizes for guessing (= it is very easy to guess) who she was with. 一下子就能猜出她和谁在一起了。 a cash prize of $5 000 5 000美元的现金奖励 The grand prize is a family trip to Hawaii. 大奖是全家去夏威夷旅行。 His film took the top prize at Cannes last year. 他的电影去年在戛纳获得最高奖项。 I won £500 in prize money. 我获得了 500 英镑的奖金。 a prize fund of £20 000 两万英镑的奖金 Win a car in our prize draw! 在我们的抽奖活动中赢得一辆车!
Extra ExamplesShe was the first woman to win this coveted prize. 她是第一位赢得这个令人垂涎的奖项的女性。 The booby prize was awarded to the worst singer in the competition. 末名奖颁给了比赛中最差的歌手。 The prize was presented by the mayor. 奖项由市长颁发。 a prize worth over $3 000 价值 3,000 多美元的奖品 prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine 化学、物理和医学奖 They said the teenager was a worthy winner of the prize. 他们说这个少年是当之无愧的获奖者。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- prestigious
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- award (somebody)
- give (somebody)
- offer
- …
- go to somebody/something
- be worth something
- total something
- …
- winner
- money
- competition
- …
- prize for
- prize in
something very important or valuable that is difficult to achieve or obtain 难能可贵的事物;难以争取的重要事物 World peace is the greatest prize of all. 世界和平是最可贵的。 The presidency is the ultimate prize. 总统的职位是最高的奖励。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- prestigious
- …
- award (somebody)
- give (somebody)
- offer
- …
- go to somebody/something
- be worth something
- total something
- …
- winner
- money
- competition
- …
- prize for
- prize in
Word OriginMiddle English: the noun, a variant of price; the verb (originally in the sense ‘estimate the value of’) from Old French pris-, stem of preisier ‘to praise, appraise’, from late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium ‘price’.