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- a thing given as a reward to the winner of a competition or race or in recognition of another outstanding achievement奖品; 奖：
Britain's most prestigious prize for contemporary art.
英国对当代艺术的最高奖励。
1.1
- a thing, especially an amount of money or a valuable object, that can be won in a lottery or other game of chance奖; 奖金; 珍品; 彩：
the star prize in the charity raffle
慈善奖券的特等奖
as modifier prize money.奖金。
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- something of great value that is worth struggling to achieve值得争取的价值极高的奖励：
the prize will be victory in the general election.
对所作努力的奖励将是大选胜利。
1.3
- chiefly historical an enemy ship captured during the course of naval warfare〈主史〉（海战中）缴获的敌船。
- ORIGIN: late Middle English: from Old French prise 'taking, booty', from prendre 'take'
attrib.
1- (especially of something entered in a competition) having been or likely to be awarded a prize（尤指参加竞赛之物）获奖的; 能得奖的：
prize onions
获奖的洋葱
a prize bull.
获奖的公牛。
1.1
- denoting something for which a prize is awarded有奖的：
a prize crossword.
有奖纵横字谜游戏。
1.2
- excellent of its kind; outstanding一流的, 杰出的：
a prize example of how well organic farming can function.
有关有机农业可发挥多大良好作用的极好例子。
1.3
- complete; utter完全的; 彻底的：
you must think I'm a prize idiot.
你一定以为我是个大傻瓜。
with obj.(常作be prized)
- value extremely highly重视; 珍视：
the berries were prized for their healing properties
这些浆果因其疗效备受珍视
as adj. prized the bicycle was her most prized possession.那辆自行车是她最珍爱的家当。
短语
(there are) no prizes for guessing
- used to convey that something is obvious显然的：
there's no prizes for guessing what you two have been up to!
你们俩在干什么一猜就中！
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