词:prize
英英释义:to consider something to be very important and special
例句:Overseas returnees are no longer highly prized by employers.
prize A over B 也是个常见表达,表示“更重视 A,而不是 B”。
prize 表示“珍惜”“青睐”时,也常常使用被动语态 be prized by。
3. 从认识到会用(作业)
1)翻译下面的句子:
许多中国家长非常重视奥数比赛。
Many Chinese parents prize the International Olympic Maths Competition very much.
(参考翻译:The International Mathematical Olympiad, a competition for high school students, is much prized by many Chinese parents.)
造句:
阿凡达因为其革命性的3D技术,而广泛地被认为是一部经典科幻电影。然而我并不喜欢。我总是更注重剧情而不是剧情效果。如今到处可见的炫目效果确实提高了电影的娱乐性,但在好的电影里,视觉效果往往与故事配合得相得益彰。
The movie Avatar is widely taken as a classic science fiction movie for its revolutionary 3D technology,however I don’t like it for I prize one movie’s storyline over its visual effects. Dazzling visual effects, which are quite common today, could make movies more entertaining, but in a good movie they always corporate with storytelling properly.