2019-03-05 prize

词：prize

英英释义：to consider something to be very important and special

例句：Overseas returnees are no longer highly prized by employers.

prize A over B 也是个常见表达，表示“更重视 A，而不是 B”。

prize 表示“珍惜”“青睐”时，也常常使用被动语态 be prized by。

3. 从认识到会用（作业）

1）翻译下面的句子：   

许多中国家长非常重视奥数比赛。

Many Chinese parents prize the International Olympic Maths Competition very much.

（参考翻译：The International Mathematical Olympiad, a competition for high school students, is much prized by many Chinese parents.）

造句：

阿凡达因为其革命性的3D技术，而广泛地被认为是一部经典科幻电影。然而我并不喜欢。我总是更注重剧情而不是剧情效果。如今到处可见的炫目效果确实提高了电影的娱乐性，但在好的电影里，视觉效果往往与故事配合得相得益彰。

The movie Avatar is widely taken as a classic science fiction movie for its revolutionary 3D technology，however I don’t like it for I prize one movie’s storyline over its visual effects. Dazzling visual effects, which are quite common today, could make movies more entertaining, but in a good movie they always corporate with storytelling properly.