praise

英 [preɪz] 美 [preɪz]

• vt. 赞美；称赞
• n. 赞美；称赞；崇拜
• vi. 赞美

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 称赞,赞赏

   express approval or admiration for sb/sth

2. vt. 赞美,颂扬,崇拜

   honour or glorify in the prayer; worship

n. (名词)

1. [U]称赞,赞美; 赞扬,表扬

   expression of approval or admiration; act of praise

2. [U]崇拜,荣耀

   worship (of God); glory

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 赞美，赞扬，称赞，表扬，赞许，赞誉，赞颂
2. 赞美的话，赞词
3. 【宗】崇拜，尊崇
4. 值得称赞的人，可称赞的地方
5. 褒奖，奖励

v. 动词

1. 歌颂，颂扬，赞颂（尤指上帝）
2. 【宗】赞美（上帝）
3. 夸赞，赞美，表扬，称赞，赞扬，赞赏，赞不绝口，归荣誉于
4. 说好话，捧上天，吹捧
5. 感谢
6. 崇拜

英英释义

Noun:

1. an expression of approval and commendation;

   "he always appreciated praise for his work"
   

2. offering words of homage as an act of worship;

   "they sang a hymn of praise to God"
   

Verb:

1. express approval of;

   "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The teacher praised her for her courage.
   老师赞扬了她的勇气。
2. The guests praised the meal.
   客人们称赞这顿饭做得好.

用作名词 (n.)

1. He deserves all the praise and worship.
   他值得我们一切的赞美和崇拜。
2. He received praise from his colleagues for winning the prize.
   他因获得该奖而受到同事们的称赞。
3. Offer up praise and adoration to sb.
   颂扬并崇拜某人。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. Mankind and womankind both like praise.
   男人与女人都喜欢被赞美。
2. His heroism was beyond all praise.
   他的英勇行为使人赞美不尽。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They have been praising you all the time.
   他们总在夸奖你。
2. They praised Tom with one accord.
   他们异口同声地表扬汤姆。
3. The whole neighbourhood praises him.
   四邻都称赞他。
4. We cannot praise him too much.
   我们无论怎样称赞他也不算过分。
5. I don't mean to praise myself.I have my fault.
   我并不是要表扬自己,我也有我的过错。
6. He praises them up to the skies.
   他极力赞扬他们。
7. There is no need for me to praise it;it speaks for itself.
   用不着我来夸它,这事明摆着就是好。
8. The guests praised the meal.
   客人们称赞这顿饭做得好。
9. He praised Byron's poems pretty highly.
   他对拜伦的诗歌相当赞赏。
10. Professor Zim, in his foreword to the Milton Papers , praises the book's boldness.
    齐姆教授在《弥尔顿文集》的序言中赞扬了该书的胆识。
11. He praised her for her courage.
    他赞扬她很勇敢。
12. He was obviously expecting to be praised.
    他显然想要得到表扬。
13. Even if the boy is of uncommon brilliance, he should not have been praised to the skies.
    即使那男孩确实聪明过人,也不该把他捧到天上去.

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +as n./adj.

1. Critics praised the works as highly original.
   评论家称赞该作品独树一帜。
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2. Motorways are praised by the Ministry of Transport as Britain's safest roads.
   高速公路被交通部誉为英国最安全的道路。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Frugality of praise is not one of his weaknesses.
   不轻易赞扬别人并非是他的弱点之一。
2. Your praise and sympathy have upheld me greatly.
   你的称赞和同情给我很大的鼓励。
3. He received praise from his colleagues for winning the prize.
   他因获得该奖而受到同事们的称赞。
4. That's praise indeed.
   那确实是在表扬。
5. He is worthy of our praise.
   他值得我们赞许。
6. He referred to your work in terms of high praise.
   他对你的工作大加赞扬。
7. My quick action earned me his praise.
   我的行动敏捷受到他的赞扬。
8. His anxiety for knowledge deserves our praise.
   他对于知识的渴望,值得我们赞扬。
9. Her little face brightened at once at such praise.
   听到这样的赞扬,她那小脸蛋上立即露出喜色。
10. He spoke words of praise.
    他讲赞扬话。
11. They accorded Mary praise for her good work.
    他们对玛丽出色的工作给予赞扬。
12. The new film received high praise from everyone.
    这部新电影受到了所有人的称赞。
13. At last I've found you, praise be!
    我总算找到你了,谢天谢地!
14. Let us give praise to God.
    让我们来赞美上帝吧。
15. He won praises for his modesty.
    他以自己的谦虚赢得别人的赞扬。
16. The praises of his friends made the body feel very proud.
    朋友们的赞扬使这个孩子很自豪。
17. The widow heaped thanks and praise upon Huck.
    寡妇对哈克说了许多感谢和夸奖的话。

经典引文

• Johnson loved praise and was upset by even the gentlest criticism.

  出自： P. F. Boller

• Carlyle..gave high praise both to the play and to Dickens's performance.

  出自： W. M. Clarke

• Mr Sarney may be basking in the bland praises of Mr Santos.

  出自：Independent

• She had been good at art as a schoolgirl, often praised by her art master.

  出自： M. Amis

• His administration and the city in general were praised to the skies for their handling of the event.

  出自：New Yorker

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

in praise of

赞扬 expression of approval or admiration; act of praise

sing sb's/sth's praises

盛赞 praise sb/sth greatly

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• praise poems 对诗歌赞赏
• praise the book's boldness 赞扬了该书中的胆识
• praise the meal 称赞这顿饭
• praise the work 称赞该作品

～+介词

• praise for sb's diligence 由于某人的勤劳而加以表扬
• praise for sb's honesty 由于某人诚实而赞扬
• praise in song 歌颂
• praise sb to his face 当面表扬某人

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• deserve praise 值得赞扬
• earn praise 得到赞扬
• express praise 加以称赞
• faint praise 敷衍地表扬几句
• give praise 表扬
• receive praise 接受赞美
• sing praise 高度赞扬
• win praise 赢得赞扬

形容词+～

• great praise 大为赞扬
• high praise 高度赞扬
• public praise 公众的称赞
• strong praise 高度赞扬,大为赞扬
• widespread praise 普遍的赞扬
• wild praise 任意的赞扬,不切实际的赞扬,狂热的颂扬

介词+～

• above praise 赞美不尽的
• beyond all praise 夸不胜夸
• in praise of 赞美…,称赞…
• a hymn of praise 赞美诗
• with high praise 受到高度赞扬

～+介词

• praise for 因…而赞扬

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. praise的基本意思是“称赞,赞赏,赞美,颂扬,崇拜”,可用于人,也可用于对某项成就的赞扬或上级对下级的赞许,还可表示对神的敬重或虚伪的吹捧。
2. praise是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,不接动词不定式或that从句。可用于被动结构。
3. praise有时还可接as引导的短语充当宾语补足语的复合宾语。

n. (名词)

1. praise可以表示对人或事物的“称赞,赞美,赞扬”,也可表示对神或上帝的“崇拜”,一般用作不可数名词。
2. praise还可表示“赞扬的话”,此时常用其复数形式praises。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

praise, acclaim

• 这两个词都有“称赞”的意思,其区别是：
• acclaim侧重称颂的动作,通常表示热情和公开地喝彩或称颂。praise 比较常用,侧重称颂的内容,指用语言或其他方式热烈称赞或表扬某人的品德 、业绩或成就,也可用来表示信教者对神的崇拜或赞美。

praise, admire

• 这两个词都是“称赞”“夸奖”的意思,且都可用于admire sb for sth 句型。其差别在于：praise是普通用语,而admire带有感叹意味。另外, praise可用于上级对下级的称赞,而admire则多用于平等者。

praise，applaud，commend，compliment

• 这些动词均有“赞扬、表扬、称赞”之意。
• praise普通用词，指用语言或其它方式表示夸奖、赞扬。
• applaud指出色的表演或高尚的行为等得到同声赞许、大声叫好或热烈鼓掌。
• commend正式用词，指对具体功绩或成就等表示称赞或嘉奖。
• compliment侧重客气和礼貌，有时含恭维之意。

常见错误

v. (动词)

1. 她表扬那孩子诚实。

   误 She praised that the child was honest.

   误 She praised the child to be honest.

   正 She praised the child for his honesty.

   正 She praised the child for being honest.

   析 praise后不接不定式和that从句。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的preisier；最初源自后期拉丁语的preciare，意为称赞，看重。

近反义词

【近义词】

• admire
• applaud
• celebrate
• commend
• laud
• commendation
• compliment

【反义词】

• blame
• censure
• criticize
• defame
• disapprove
• criticism
• disapproval