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a thing that you are given because you have done something good, worked hard, etc. 奖励;回报;报酬 a financial reward 经济奖励 - reward for something
a reward for good behaviour 优秀行为奖 - reward for doing something
You deserve a reward for being so helpful. 你帮了这么大的忙,理应受到奖励。 Winning the match was just reward for the effort the team had made. 赢得比赛的胜利是全队付出努力应得的回报。 They're playing the game more for the love of sport than for financial reward. 他们玩这个游戏更多的是为了热爱运动,而不是为了经济回报。 The company is now reaping the rewards of their investments. 公司正在收获他们的投资回报。 Top corporate jobs are not without their rewards. 顶级企业职位并非没有回报。 The appointment was widely seen as a reward for his loyalty. 这一任命被广泛视为对他忠诚的奖励。
Extra ExamplesHard work usually brings its own rewards. 努力工作通常都会有所回报。 It was a poor reward for years of devoted service. 长年尽职尽责地工作,这点报酬太少了。 The look on her face when I told her was reward enough. 她听到我告诉她的消息后脸上的表情就是对我的最大奖赏。 Top athletes enjoy rich rewards. 顶级运动员享有丰厚的酬金。 Victory brought glory as well as more tangible rewards. 胜利带来了荣誉,还带来了切实的奖励。 We are just starting to reap the rewards of careful long-term planning. 经过长期慎重的策划,我们终于开始有所收获。 You deserve a reward for all your efforts. 你的所有努力应该得到回报。 a reward for hard work 努力工作的回报 rewards for employees who do their jobs well 对努力工作的雇员的奖赏 At last we are getting the reward for our hard work. 我们终于得到了努力工作的回报。 The reward for setting off early is seeing dawn break over the mountains. 早起的回报是看着黎明破晓飞过群山。 You should not bribe the child to work through material rewards. 你不应该通过物质奖励来贿赂孩子工作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- high
- huge
- …
- earn
- enjoy
- gain
- …
- system
- as a reward
- reward for
- reward enough
- reward and punishment
- be its own reward
- …
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an amount of money that is offered to somebody for helping the police to find a criminal or for finding something that is lost 赏格;悬赏金 - reward for something
A £100 reward has been offered for the return of the necklace. 已悬赏 100 英镑找寻项链。 Anyone wanting to claim the reward should contact the city police. 任何人想要索要报酬都应该联系市警察局。
Extra ExamplesThe company has put up a reward of £25 000 for information. 公司已悬赏25 000英镑给提供信息的人。 There is a reward for information leading to an arrest. 提供抓捕罪犯有用信息的人可获得赏金。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- offer
- put up
- give somebody
- …
- money
- reward for
- reward for something
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French reguard ‘regard, heed’, also an early sense of the English word.
Idioms
virtue is its own reward
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the reward for acting in a moral or correct way is the knowledge that you have done so, and you should not expect more than this, for example praise from other people or payment 施恩无他图,有德便是报;美德本身就是报偿