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an award that is given to a person who wins a competition, race, etc. or who does very good work 獎;獎賞;獎勵;獎品;獎金 She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 她獲頒諾貝爾和平獎。 He won first prize in the woodwind section. 他獲得木管樂器組一等獎。 The prize went to the grey long-haired cat. 獎項由那只灰色的長毛貓獲得。 - prize for something
She has received numerous prizes for her work. 她的工作獲得了許多獎項。 - 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誰在一起了。 a cash prize of $5 000 5 000美元的現金獎勵 The grand prize is a family trip to Hawaii. 大獎是全家去夏威夷旅行。 His film took the top prize at Cannes last year. 他的電影去年在戛納獲得最高獎項。 I won £500 in prize money. 我獲得了 500 英鎊的獎金。 a prize fund of £20 000 兩萬英鎊的獎金 Win a car in our prize draw! 在我們的抽獎活動中赢得一輛車!
Extra ExamplesShe was the first woman to win this coveted prize. 她是第一位赢得這個令人垂涎的獎項的女性。 The booby prize was awarded to the worst singer in the competition. 末名獎頒給了比賽中最差的歌手。 The prize was presented by the mayor. 獎項由市長頒發。 a prize worth over $3 000 價值 3,000 多美元的獎品 prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine 化學、物理和醫學獎 They said the teenager was a worthy winner of the prize. 他們說這個少年是當之無愧的獲獎者。
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 難能可貴的事物;難以爭取的重要事物 World peace is the greatest prize of all. 世界和平是最可貴的。 The presidency is the ultimate prize. 總統的職位是最高的獎勵。
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’.