[N-COUNT 可数名词]保险费；保险金 A premium is a sum of money that you pay regularly to an insurance company for an insurance policy.
It is too early to say whether insurance premiums will be affected.
现在说保险费是否会受影响还为时过早。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]额外费用；加付款；加价 A premium is a sum of money that you have to pay for something in addition to the normal cost.
[usu sing]
Even if customers want 'solutions', most are not willing to pay a premium for them...
即使顾客想得到“解决方案”，他们大多数也不愿意为此支付额外费用。
Callers are charged a premium rate of 48p a minute.
打电话要支付每分钟48便士的附加费。
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[ADJ 形容词]优质的；高端的Premium goods are of a higher than usual quality and are often expensive.
[ADJ n]
At the premium end of the market, business is booming.
高端市场业务繁荣。
...the most popular premium ice cream in this country.
这个国家最受欢迎的优质冰激凌
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[PHRASE 短语]紧缺的；稀缺的；难以得到的 If something is at a premium, it is wanted or needed, but is difficult to get or achieve.
[usu v-link PHR]
If space is at a premium, choose adaptable furniture that won't fill the room.
如果空间有限，就选择一些不会把房间占得很满的可改装家具。
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[PHRASE 短语]超出平常价，以高价（买进或售出） If you buy or sell something at a premium, you buy or sell it at a higher price than usual, for example because it is in short supply.
[PHR after v]
He eventually sold the shares back to the bank at a premium.
他最后以高价把股票回售给银行。
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[PHRASE 短语]高度重视 If you place a high premium on a quality or characteristic or put a high premium on it, you regard it as very important.
[V inflects]
I place a high premium on what someone is like as a person...
我非常重视一个人的人品。
They put a high premium on prevention and primary care.
他们对预防和初级护理极为重视。
Oxford
pre·mium/ˈpriːmiəm; NAmEˈpriːmiəm/
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premiumpremiumspremianoun1an amount of money that you pay once or regularly for an insurance policy 保险费◆a monthly premium of £6.25每月 6.25 英镑的保险费☞synonyms at
payment
2an extra payment added to the basic rate 额外费用；附加费◆You have to pay a high premium for express delivery.快递须付高额的附加费。◆A premium of 10% is paid out after 20 years.*20 年后要付清 10% 的额外费用。 IDIOMSat a ˈpremium1if sth is at a premium,there is little of it available and it is difficult to get 稀少；难得◆Space is at a premium in a one-bedroomed apartment.单居室公寓的空间是很有限的。2at a higher than normal price 超出平常价；溢价◆Shares are selling at a premium.这种股票以高于面值的价格出售。put/place/set a premium on sb/sthto think that sb/sth is particularly important or valuable 重视；珍视adjective[only before noun ]very high (and higher than usual); of high quality 高昂的；优质的◆premium prices/products奇高的价格；优质产品pre·mium/ˈpriːmiəm; NAmEˈpriːmiəm/
LDC
premium1 noun
premium2 adjective
premiumpre‧mi‧um1 /ˈpriːmiəm/ ●○○ noun
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1[countable] the cost of insurance, especially the amount that you pay each year: insurance premiums2[countable] an additional amount of money, above a standard rate or amount: Consumers are prepared to pay a premium for organically grown vegetables. Top quality cigars are being sold at a premium.3be at a premium if something is at a premium, people need it or want it, but there is little of it available or it is difficult to get: During the Olympic Games, accommodation will be at a premium.space/time is at a premium Foldaway furniture is the answer where space is at a premium.4put/place a premium on something to consider one quality or type of thing as being much more important than others: Modern economies place a premium on educated workers.5[uncountable] especially American English good quality petrol
premium1 noun
premium2 adjective
premiumpremium2 adjective
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1of very high quality: premium ice cream the current consumer trend for premium productspremium quality British potatoes2premium price/rate premium prices and rates are higher than usual ones: People are prepared to pay premium prices for quality products. Calls are charged at the premium rate of 60p per minute.
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premium
[ˈpri:miəm]
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保险费(64%)，额外费用(12%)，奖金(11%)，优质的(9%)，高价的(4%)
n.额外费用；奖金；保险费;(商)溢价
adj.高价的；优质的
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