詞:prize
英英釋義:to consider something to be very important and special
我們很熟悉“prize”作為名詞是“獎(jiǎng)品”“獎(jiǎng)賞”,其實(shí)它也常作為動(dòng)詞使用,表示“珍惜”“青睞”乱灵。在一些語(yǔ)境中剩膘,我們可以用 prize 替換 value, appreciate, hold dear 等詞寒瓦。 ? ?
比如“我知道你很重視我們之間的友誼”蜜另,就可以說(shuō)成: ??
I know that you?prize?our friendship.
最新一期的《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》在語(yǔ)言專欄 Johnson 中就用到了 prize: ? ?
It seems that people?prize?attitude over expertise.(這句話的意思是說(shuō),讀者讀寫(xiě)作指南時(shí)屁魏,更看重作者對(duì)語(yǔ)言的態(tài)度而不是專業(yè)知識(shí))
prize A over B 也是個(gè)常見(jiàn)表達(dá)右蹦,表示“更重視 A诊杆,而不是 B”。比如我們想說(shuō)和用哪種方式閱讀比較而言何陆,我們應(yīng)該更重視內(nèi)容晨汹,就可以說(shuō)成: ? ?
We should?prize?content over the means to read it.
prize 表示“珍惜”“青睞”時(shí),也常常使用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài) be prized by贷盲。比如我們想說(shuō)如今“海歸”回國(guó)找工作時(shí)沒(méi)那么“吃香”了淘这,就可以說(shuō):
Overseas returnees are no longer highly?prized?by employers.
翻譯下面的句子:
許多中國(guó)家長(zhǎng)非常重視奧數(shù)比賽。
Many Chinese parents prize the Math Competition.?
參考翻譯:The International Mathematical Olympiad, a competition for high school students, is much prized by many Chinese parents.?
對(duì)“奧數(shù)比賽”有一個(gè)介紹說(shuō)明~
場(chǎng)景:我更看重一個(gè)藝術(shù)作品背后的感情而不是技巧巩剖。
造句:I prize emotions over skill behind an art work.