award

英 [ə'wɔːd] 美[ə'wɔrd]

vt. 授予；判定
n. 奖品；判决

近义词 gift prize reward grant medal trophy

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英英释义

1. a grant made by a law court;: "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court"

2. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction;: "an award for bravery"

3. something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery;: "the prize was a free trip to Europe"

同义词辨析

award, reward

这两个动词均有"给予奖励"之意。

award：侧重指官方或经正式研究裁决后对有功者或竞赛优胜者所给予的奖励。

reward：指对品德高尚和勤劳的人所给予的奖励。也可指为某事付酬金。

give, accord, award, confer，grant, endow, present, bestow

这组动词均含有"给予，赠给"之意。

give：最普通用词，泛指将自己的东西给予他人，所给予的东西，物质或非物质的均可。

accord：侧重所给予的是应得的或是恰当的，或是因某种原因而适于接受的。

award：通常暗示所给予的东西是接受者应得的，而且给予者往往是具有裁判权力的。

confer：通常指授予称号或学位等。

grant：多指出于慷慨、怜悯或正义感而给予，并且通常是在被请求下给予。

endow：指捐赠大量的钱作基金，也可指给予非物质的东西。

present：指正式地给予或授予，通常伴有仪式进行。

bestow：正式用词，指把某物作为礼物赠送于某人，也可作引申用。

考试真题

The possibility of receiving an award also produces a state of hope—a state that is in itself psychologically rewarding.

The fact that participants were willing to substitute part of a food item for the mere prospect of a relatively small monetary award is interesting, says Reimann.

People prefer certainty awards to possible awards.

One explanation for this finding is that possible awards may be more emotionally provoking than certainty awards, says Reimann.

Kids preferred an award in the form of money to one in the form of a toy.

Adults chose the smaller portion on the mere promise of a future award.

"The fact that participants were willing to substitute part of a food item for the mere prospect of a relatively small monetary award is interesting," says Reimann.

Malpractice awards do drive up insurance premiums for doctors in high-risk specialties, and there is some evidence that doctors engage in defensive medicine by performing tests and treatments primarily to prove they are not negligent should they get sued.

It's possible to admire Oprah Winfrey and still wish Harvard hadn't awarded her an honorary doctor of law degree and the commencement(毕业典礼)speaker spot at yesterday's graduation.

Monsanto accused Bowman of patent infringement and won an $84,456 damage award

In addition, almost all of the 532 billion the federal government provides for university research is awarded competitively.

One photo showed him at an award ceremony, where he had been honored for his financial contribution to a local baseball team.

Question 14: For what were Dennis Hutton and his wife awarded the Nobel Prize a second time?

A 90-year-old has been awarded "woman of the year" for being Britain's oldest full-time employee-still working 40 hours a week.

And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction.

Cathy didn't expect any award but was still there to cheer on her friends and praise their accomplishments.

Featuring adaptations from Chinese and western classic, including works from Chinese academy award - winning composer Tan Dun.

For example, she received the 2007 Brick Award recognizing the efforts of young people to change the world.

Granddaughter Gayle Parks, 31—who works alongside her in the family business—said it remained unknown as to who nominated Irene for the award.

He is the first Chinese citizen to win this award.

It provides awards for running new businesses.

It would deserve an award if it weren't for its last part.

Picking up her "lifetime achievement" award, proud Irene declared she had no plans to retire from her 36-year-old business.

Points were awarded for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems.

Summer company provides students with hands-on business training and awards of up to $3, 000 to start and run their own summer businesses.

The gold medal will be awarded to whoever wins the first place in the bicycle race.

The simplified version would be checked by a third party and awarded a kitemark if it is an accurate reflection of the original.

Then came the final awards ceremony at the end of the year.

When most people think of the arts, they imagine the end product, the beautiful painting, a wonderful piece of music, or an award-winning performance in the theater.

But fewer students want to study humanities subjects: English departments awarded more bachelor’s degrees in 1970-1971 than they did 20 years later.

The new awards are an exercise in self-promotion for those behind them, say scientists.

The US$3-million Fundamental Physics Prize is indeed an interesting experiment, as Alexander Polyakov said when he accepted this year’s award in March.

As much as some scientists may complain about the new awards, two things seem clear.

As a News Feature article in Nature discusses, a string of lucrative awards for researchers have joined the Nobel Prizes in recent years.

A group of labour MPs, among them Yvette Cooper, are bringing in the new year with a call to institute a UK "town of culture" award.

A town of culture award could, it is argued, become an annual event, attracting funding and creating jobs.

Some might see the proposal as a boo by prize for the fact that Britain is no longer be able to apply for the much more prestigious title of European capital of culture, a sough-after award bagged by Glasgow in 1990 and liverpool in 2008.

The US$3-million Fundamental Physics Prize is indeed an interesting experiment, as Alexander Polyakov said when he accepted this year's award in March.

实用场景例句

The judges awarded both finalists equal points.: 裁判判定决赛双方得分相等。

The judges awarded equal points to both finalists.: 裁判判定决赛双方得分相等。

He was awarded damages of £50 000.: 他判得损害赔偿金5万英镑。

to win/receive/get an award for sth: 因某事赢得 / 得到 / 获得奖项

He was nominated for the best actor award.: 他获得最佳演员奖提名。

an award presentation/ceremony: 颁奖；颁奖仪式

the Housing Design Award: 住宅设计奖

an annual pay award: 年度加薪

an award of £600 000 libel damages: 裁定名誉损害赔偿60万英镑

Satisfactory completion of the course will lead to the award of the Diploma of Social Work.: 合格完成此课程者将获得社会福利工作文凭。

We have awarded the contract to a British shipyard...: 我们将合同给了一家英国造船厂。

A High Court judge had awarded him £6 million damages.: 高级法院法官裁定他获得600万英镑的损失赔偿金。

...workmen's compensation awards.: 判给工人的赔偿金

...this year's average pay award for teachers of just under 8%.: 今年教师平均加薪幅度将近8%

She was awarded the prize for both films...: 她的两部电影双双获奖。

For his dedication the Mayor awarded him a medal of merit.: 为表彰他的奉献精神，市长授予他荣誉奖章。

She presented a bravery award to schoolgirl Caroline Tucker.: 她向女学生卡罗琳·塔克颁发了英勇奖状。

...the Booker prize, Britain's top award for fiction...: 布克奖，英国小说界的最高荣誉

One said he could not see anything except the blue of the sky.: 其中一个说除了蓝色的天空,他不看到任何东西.

Two actresses tied for the Best Actress award.: 两名女演员并列获得最佳女演员奖.

He received a posthumous award for bravery.: 他表现勇敢,死后受到了嘉奖.

This international award has set the seal on a long and distinguished career.: 这项国际奖的授予是对一项长久而崇高的事业的肯定.

Councillor has been invited here today to award the school prizes to our successful boys and girls.: 议员今天应邀来给我们优等的男女学生颁奖.

The film won an Oscar award for 1985.: 这部电影获1985年奥斯卡金像奖.

It is impossible to honor her with the award.: 奖品授给她是不可能的.

中文词源

award 奖品

a同前缀ex-, 出，向外，此处表强调。词根ward, 看，同单词ward, 看护，守护。指仔细看过后做出的决定，授奖。

双语例句

1. Mr Dudley has pledged to give any award to charity.: 达德利先生已承诺将任何所获的损害赔偿额都捐给慈善机构。

2. Sue and John were especially thrilled with this award.: 休和约翰对于获得这个奖项感到兴奋不已。

3. She went to New York to receive the award in person.: 她亲自前往纽约领奖。

4. It carried off the Evening Standard drama award for best play.: 它获得伦敦晚间标准戏剧奖的最佳戏剧奖。

5. Brondello secured the MVP award by scoring 357 points.: 布朗德罗以357分的得分获得最有价值球员奖。

英文词源

award (v.): late 14c., "decide after careful observation," from Anglo-French awarder, from Old North French eswarder (Old French esguarder) "decide, examine" (after careful consideration), from es- "out" (see ex-) + warder "to watch" (see ward (n.)). Related: Awarded; awarding.
award (n.): late 14c., "decision after consideration," from Anglo-French award, Old French esguard, from esguarder (see award (v.)). Meaning "something awarded" is first attested 1590s.

词态变化

复数: awards;第三人称单数: awards;过去式: awarded;过去分词: awarded;现在分词: awarding;

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