praise: [13] Despite a certain similarity in form and meaning, praise has no connection with pray. It comes ultimately from Latin pretium ‘price’, which has also given English precious, price, prize, etc. From it was derived the late Latin verb pretiāre ‘value highly, praise’, which English acquired via Old French preisier. => precious, price, prize
praise (v.)
c. 1300, "to laud, commend, flatter," from Old French preisier, variant of prisier "to praise, value," from Late Latin preciare, earlier pretiare (see price (n.)). Replaced Old English lof, hreþ.
Specifically with God as an object from late 14c. Related: Praised; praising. Now a verb in most Germanic languages (German preis, Danish pris, etc.), but only in English is it differentiated in form from cognate price.
praise (n.)
early 14c., not common until 16c., from praise (v.).
双语例句
1. The team also won praise for sportsmanship and fair play.
该队还因其良好的体育精神及公平竞争精神而受到了表扬。
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2. It is difficult to praise this immaculately researched work too highly.
这项研究工作毫无瑕疵，怎样称赞都不过分。
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3. Prince Sadruddin lavished praise on Britain's contributions to world diplomacy.
萨德鲁丁王子大力赞扬英国对世界外交作出的贡献。
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4. They have been listening to people's gripes, moans and praise.
他们一直在倾听人们的牢骚、抱怨和表扬。
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5. American reviewers are lavish in their praise of this book.
