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The word "prize" functions as a noun for awards and recognition, an adjective describing something award-worthy, and a verb meaning to highly value or to force something open. In British English, "prise" is an alternative spelling for the verb meaning to force open or extract information.

The word "prize" can be used as a noun meaning an award for winning a competition or for good work, or as an adjective meaning worthy of winning a prize. It can also be a verb meaning to value highly or to force something open or away from a surface. "Prise" is a variant spelling in British English for the verb meaning to force open or to extract information.

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/pra͟ɪz/
The spelling prise is also used in British English for meanings 5 and 6. 在英国英语中,义项5和6亦可拼作prise。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]奖品;奖赏;奖金 A prize is money or something valuable that is given to someone who has the best results in a competition or game, or as a reward for doing good work.
  • You must claim your prize by telephoning our claims line...

    您必须通过拨打我们的领奖电话来领取奖品。

  • He won first prize at the Leeds Piano Competition...

    他在利兹国际钢琴比赛中荣获一等奖。

  • He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1985...

    他于1985年被授予诺贝尔物理学奖。

  • They were going all out for the prize-money, £6,500 for the winning team.

    他们正全力争取队伍获胜,以赢得6,500英镑的奖金。

2
[ADJ 形容词]可以获奖的;获奖的 You use prize to describe things that are of such good quality that they win prizes or deserve to win prizes.
  [ADJ n]
  • ...a prize bull.

    获奖的公牛

  • ...prize blooms.

    有望获奖的花

3
[N-COUNT 可数名词]非常珍贵的人(或物);十分重要的人(或物) You can refer to someone or something as a prize when people consider them to be of great value or importance.
  • With no lands of his own, he was no great matrimonial prize.

    他没有自己的地产,不是结婚的上佳人选。

4
[VERB 动词]重视;珍惜 Something that is prized is wanted and admired because it is considered to be very valuable or very good quality.
  [be V-ed]
  [V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • Military figures, made out of lead are prized by collectors...

    收藏家们对铅铸的军人塑像视若珍宝。

  • One of the gallery's most prized possessions is the portrait of Ginevra de'Benci.

    这个美术馆最珍贵的藏品之一是达芬奇的《女子肖像》。

5
[VERB 动词]撬;撬动;撬开;掰开 If you prize something open or prize it away from a surface, you force it to open or force it to come away from the surface.
  [V n with adj]
  [V n with adv]
  [V n out of/from n]
  [mainly BRIT 主英]
  • He tried to prize the dog's mouth open...

    他试图把这条狗的嘴掰开。

  • I prised off the metal rim surrounding one of the dials...

    我把其中一个刻度盘的金属边撬开了。

  • He held on tight but she prised it from his fingers.

    他抓得很紧,但她还是掰开他的手,把它拿走了。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pry
6
[VERB 动词]竭力打探(消息等);说服…透露(消息) If you prize something such as information out of someone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to.
  [V n out of n]
  [Also V n with out]
  [mainly BRIT 主英]
  • Alison and I had to prize conversation out of him.

    我和艾莉森只得从他口中撬出谈话内容。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pry

Oxford prize / praɪz ; NAmE praɪz /
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prize prizes prized prizing
noun 1 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 prizein the woodwind section. 他获得木管乐器组一等奖。 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。 I won £500 in prize money. 我获得了 500 英镑的奖金。 Win a car in our grand prize draw! 参加我们的大抽奖,赢取一辆汽车! see also
consolation prize
2 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。
adjective [only before noun ] 1 (especially of an animal, a flower or a vegetable 尤指动物、花或蔬菜 ) good enough to win a prize in a competition 好得足以得奖的;应获奖的 prize cattle 能获奖的牛 2 being a very good example of its kind 优秀的;典范性的;出类拔萃的 a prize student 模范学生 He's a prize specimenof the human race! 他是人中楷模! ( informal) She's a prize idiot (= very silly). 她是十足的蠢猪。 verb 1 [usually passive ] to value sth highly 珍视;高度重视 SYN
treasure
prizesth an era when honesty was prized above all other virtues 尊诚实为美德之首的时代 prizesth for sth Oil of cedarwood is highly prizedfor its use in perfumery. 雪松油可用于制香水,因此十分珍贵。
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prize / praɪz ; NAmE praɪz /
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prize1 noun
prize2 verb
prize3 adjective
prizeprize1 /praɪz/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable]
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1something that is given to someone who is successful in a competition, race, game of chance etc:  In this month’s competition you could win a prize worth £3,000. The first prize has gone to Dr John Gentle.prize for The prize for best photography has been won by a young Dutch photographer. Scientists from Oxford shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1945. The prizes are awarded (=given) every year to students who have shown original thinking in their work. The total prize money was £30,000.2something that is very valuable to you or that it is very important to have:  Fame was the prize.3no prizes for guessing something spoken used to say that it is very easy to guess something:  No prizes for guessing what she was wearing.COLLOCATIONSverbswin a prize (also take a prize)· She won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1938.· Ms Brolls also took the prize for best individual speaker.get a prize (also receive a prize formal)· The winner gets a prize.· If your letter is published, you will receive a £5 prize.share a prize· They will share the first prize of £500.give (somebody) a prize (also award (somebody) a prize formal)· A prize will be given for the best-decorated egg.· Four years later he was awarded the Erasmus Prize.a prize goes to somebody (=they get it)· The fiction prize goes to Carol Shields.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + prizefirst/second etc prize· She won first prize in a poetry competition.the top prize· The film won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival.a consolation prize (=one given to someone who has not won)· The runner-up will get a consolation prize of a camera.the booby prize (=one given as a joke to the person who comes last)· The cake I made for the competition was so bad I got the booby prize.a cash prize· There's a $5,000 cash prize for the winner.prize + NOUNa prize winner· Congratulations to all the prize winners!prize money· The players are demanding an increase in prize money.a prize draw British English (=a competition in which people whose names or tickets are chosen by chance win prizes)· He won the car in a prize draw.
prize1 noun
prize2 verb
prize3 adjective
prizeprize2 ●○○ verb [transitive]
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1to think that someone or something is very important or valuable:  He is someone who prizes truth and decency above all things. The company’s shoes are highly prized by fashion conscious youngsters.2the American spelling of prise
prize1 noun
prize2 verb
prize3 adjective
prizeprize3 adjective [only before noun]
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1good enough to win a prize or having won a prize:  He has spent months cultivating what he hopes are prize flowers.
prize-winning
2very good or important:  The Picasso painting is a prize exhibit in the museum.3a prize idiot/fool informal a complete idiot, fool etc
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prize

[praɪz]prized, prizing, prizes

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n.奖品;奖赏;战利品
adj.获奖的
vt.珍视;捕获;估价

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