praise

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #3897 ★★★☆☆

n. 赞美, 称赞, 崇拜 vt. 称赞, 赞美 vi. 赞扬, 表扬

发音

US /pɹeɪz/

词形变化

praises 复数 praises prais'd praised praises 三单 praiseth praising praising 现在分词 praised 过去式 praised 过去分词 praisest praisedst 过去式 praiseth 三单 praised 复数

别名

praize prayse prease

教材释义与例句

名词

赞扬；称赞；荣耀；崇拜

words that you say or write in order to praise someone or something

动词

赞美，歌颂；表扬

to say that you admire and approve of someone or something, especially publicly

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Commendation; favourable representation in words.

    称赞

    赞扬

    表扬

    褒扬

    称道

    称扬

    表彰

    呵咾

    褒

    可数 不可数

    The writer's latest novel received great praise in the media.

    You deserve praise for the hard work you've done recently.

    She gave them some faint praise for their assignments, despite not being totally convinced by the quality.

    dim praise

  2. 2.

    Worship, glorification, adoration.

    赞美

    呵咾

    可数 不可数

    praise of God

v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.

    赞美

    赞扬

    称赞

    表扬

    夸奖

    赞

    呵咾

    Be sure to praise Bobby for his excellent work at school this week.

    Some of the passengers were heard praising God as the stricken plane landed safely.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

congratulations kudos extolment

上位词 3

worship approval commendation

下位词 10

compliment hallelujah recommendation eulogy testimonial superlative paean encomium eulogium good word
动词

反义词 1

criticize

上位词 6

value measure assess evaluate appraise valuate

下位词 10

push recommend compliment congratulate salute promote puff flatter troll applaud

相关短语

praise the Lord praise to the skies 捧上了天 praise name praise be praise be to God praise names praise with faint damns damn with faint praise

词源

From Middle English praise, preyse, from the verb (see below). Doublet of prize. Displaced native Middle English lof from Old English lof (“praise”) and Middle English loenge, loange from Old French löenge, löange (“praise”).

来源：wiktionary