adj. 贵重的,宝贵的;有价值的;可评估的;
n. 贵重物品,财宝;
💡 valu=value价值+able形容词后缀→有价值的
"However, to my brother they are very valuable."
然而,对我弟弟来说,它们是很珍贵的。
近义:helpful, immeasurable, appreciated, inappreciable, inestimable, loved
反义:inexpensive, knockdown, downscale, downmarket, cheaply
prize
[praɪz]
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词根: prize
n. 奖赏;战利品;值得努力争取的东西;
vt. 珍视,珍惜;估价;
adj. 获奖的,有望获奖的;理应获奖的;
💡 prehend, pris 抓住,夺取,获得#词根助记:战利品要靠自己抓取
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言,他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义:appraise, appreciate, assay, regard, relish, respect
反义:reject, remonstrate, underestimate, undervalue, reprove, downplay