prize

ödül

Bir yarışmayı kazanan veya çok başarılı olan kişiye verilen şey.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Something given to someone for winning a competition or doing very well.

• She won a prize.
• First prize is a new bicycle.
• What prizes did the winners receive?

Nasıl kullanılır: a prize for something (She received a prize for her painting.)

Eş anlamlılar: award, reward

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: win a prize, first prize, cash prize, prize money

üstün nitelikli, ödüllük

İsimden önce gelerek, bir şeyin yarışmada ödül kazanabilecek kadar iyi olduğunu belirtir.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Used before a noun to describe something so good that it could win a competition.

• The farmer showed us his prize bull.
• She grew a prize pumpkin in her garden.
• His prize roses attracted visitors from nearby villages.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: prize horse, prize fish, prize pumpkin

ganimet

Düşmandan veya başka birinden güç ya da ustaca planlama yoluyla ele geçirilen şey.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Something taken from an enemy or another person by force or clever planning.

• The captured ship became their prize.
• The soldiers divided the prizes taken during the battle.
• The fleet returned with several valuable prizes.

Eş anlamlılar: booty, spoils, capture

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: take a prize, a captured prize, war prize

çok değer vermek

Bir şeyi çok önemli veya değerli görmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To consider something very important or valuable.

• I prize your friendship.
• The artist’s early paintings are highly prized.
• They prize these old books for their beautiful illustrations.

Nasıl kullanılır: prize something for something (Collectors prize this pottery for its delicate patterns.); prize something above something (She prizes honesty above success.)

Eş anlamlılar: value, treasure, cherish

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: prize something highly, prize something above something, prize someone’s friendship

zorlayarak açmak, kanırtmak

Genellikle bir alet kullanarak bir şeyi zorla açmak veya başka bir şeyden ayırmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To force something open or away from something else, often using a tool.

• She prized the lid open.
• They prized the metal cover off with a crowbar.
• Can you prize these two boards apart?

Nasıl kullanılır: prize something open (We used a screwdriver to prize the lid open.); prize something off something (He prized the board off the wall.)

Eş anlamlılar: prise, pry, lever

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: prize something open, prize something off, prize something apart

ödüllü

Bir yarışmada ödül kazanmış olan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Having won an award in a competition.

• The prize bull wore a blue ribbon.
• Her prize vegetables were displayed at the fair.
• Visitors admired the prize roses after the judges announced the winners.

Eş anlamlılar: award-winning

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: prize vegetable, prize bull, prize exhibit

olağanüstü, tam bir

Kendi türünde çok üstün; bazen birinin ne kadar aptal olduğunu vurgulamak için kullanılır.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Extremely good or outstanding of its kind; sometimes used to emphasize how foolish someone is.

• What a prize fool I was!
• The collection includes a prize specimen of this rare butterfly.
• He made himself look like a prize idiot at the meeting.

Eş anlamlılar: outstanding, exceptional

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: prize fool, prize idiot, prize specimen