or bird被捕食；成为猎物2 (of a person人）to be harmed or affected by sth bad 受害；受坏影响

■ verb IT»T?!1 prey on sb^ 'mind (of a thought, problem, etc.想法、问M等）to make sb tliink and worry about it all the time 萦g心头；使耿耿于怀 IdSUPJ prey on/ upon sb/sth 1 (of an animal or a bird 兽；鸟）to hunt and kill another animal for food 捕食；猎获 2 to harm sb who is weaker than you, or make use of them in a dishonest way to get what you want 欺凌，坑骗，敲诈 (弱者）：Bogus sociaZ workers have been preying on oW people Hving done•冒牌社会福利工作员不断坑害独 居老人。

prez /prez/ noun (slang) = president

prez-zie (also pres-sie) /'prezi/ noun (BrE, informal) a present that you give sb, for example for their birthday

礼物；礼品

pri-ap-ic /.prai'aepik; NAmE also -'eip-/ adj. 1 (formal) connected with or like a penis (似阴莲的 2 connected with male sexual activity .男子'性备动的 3 (metZ/cfl/ 医).having a penis whicA is always erect (=stiff)阴茎异常勃起的

pri-ap-ism /.praiapizam/ now/7 [U] (med/cfl/ 医).a condi­tion in which a man’s penis, remains erect (= stiff) 阴

^异常勃起

price 〇w /prais/ noun, verb

m noun 1 [C, U] the amount of money that you have to pay for sth 各格；价钱；物价：Boat/or sde, price £2 00£)小 船，售办 2 〇〇〇 英镑◊ /iouse/retaii/ofi/s/iare prices 房辱 / 零售 /石■油 /股票俗格◊ to charge a higfv/reasonaWe/ Zowprice/or st/i尜要很髙/适中/很低的价格◊ 77ieprice 〇/ cigarettes is set to rise a^am.香烟又要涨价。o He managed to get a good price for the car.

了个运价钱。◊ risin^/iiailingprices攀升/下跌的桥袷◊ Can you give me a price for the work (= tell me how much you will charge)?请问做这件工作奏多少钱？ ◊ J’m only buying it if Ws the right price (= a price that I think is reasonable)•只有价钱合理我才舍买这东西。◊ Children over five must pay (the) full price for the ticket. 五岁以上的儿童须买全票。◊ How much are these? They don’t have a price on fhem.这些东西卖多少钱？它们都疫 有标价。◊ ft’s amazing how much computers have come down in price over t/ie past /ew years.金去这几年，电脑 的价格大大降低，命直令人惊讶。◊ price rises/ increases/cuts价格上升/提高/降低oa price 〖ist价目 表一see also asking price, cost price, cut-price,

SYNONYMS同义词辨析

price

cost ♦ value ♦ expense ♦ worth

These words all refer to the amount of money that you have to pay for sth.以上各词均指价值、价钱。 price the amount of money that you have to pay for an item or service指商品或服务的价格、价钱：house prices 房屋价格◊ How much are these? They don’t have 0 pr/ce on fhem.这些东西卖多少钱？它们褊没有标价。

’f        af 汍flf pWce.这样的价格我付不起。:

cost the amount of money that you need in order to buy，make or do sth指购买、制造某物或做某事所需的 成本、费用、花费：A new. computer system has been flf a cosf o/£80⑽0.新的计算机系统已安装， 费用为I万英镑。

value how much sth is worth in money or other goods for which it can be exchanged..指价值：The winner will rece/Ve a pr/ze.fo 沩e vfl/we 〇/£7 000.获胜者将得到价^ 值为 l 000 英镑的奖品。Especially in British English, value can also mean how much sth is worth compared with丨ts price.尤其在英国英语中，value亦， 含与其价格相比的值、划算程度：rarest仙ranf/s excellent value (= is worth the money it costs),

馆很合算。

PRICE, COST OR VALUE?用 price、cost 还是 value ?

The price is what sb asks you to pay for an item or service. * price指商品或服务的要价:fo fls/c/c/wge a

要_价'/'__ 收费_‘高◊ to mk/cbrnge a high cest/vohte

1569                     price

HALF-PRICE, LIST PRICE, MARKET PRICE, PURCHASE price, selling price 2 [sing.]〜（of sth) | ~ (for sth/for doing sth) the unpleasant things that you must do or experience in order to achieve sth or as a result of achieving sth 代价：Criticism is part of the price of lead- ers/iip.挨批评是当领导要付出的部分代价。◊iondiness is a high price to pay for independence in your old age. 孤寂是老年独自生活要付出的高昂代价。◊ Giving up his job was a small price to pay for his children's happiness. 放弃工作是他为于女.幸福所付出的小小代价。3 [C] (in horse racing 赛马)the numbers that tell you how much money you will receive if the horse that you bet on wins the race 投注赔率 odds ： Six to one is a good price far that horse.那匹马有六比一的赔率很不错。 —see also starting price ITTfiffl at 'any price what­ever the cost or the difficulties may be 不 惜任何代价； 无论如何：Wle mmt peace at any price.为了争取和单， 我们不惜任何代价。at a 'price 1 costing a lot of money 以高价；花大钱：y〇u can buy strawberries aH year round, but at a price.草莓一年到立都买得到，不过 很贵。2 involving sth unpleasant 付代价：Hell help

you—at a price/他会帮助你的       奏付戎价！ beyond

'price {formal or literary) extremely valuable or important无价的；极宝贵的；极重要的everyone has their 'price {saying) you can persuade anyone to do sth by giving them more money or sth that they want 重赏 之下，必有勇夫；人皆有价；有钱能使鬼推磨not at'any price used to say that no amount of money would persuade you to do or to sell sth无论如何也不；给多少 钱也不：I wouldn't work for her again—not at any pn'ce/我再也不替她做事了，给多少钱也不做！ a >rice on sb’s head an amount of money that is offered for capturing or killing sb缉拿（或杀害）某人的悬赏金put a ' price on sth to say how much money sth valuable is worth (为贵重物）金价，作价：They ha^tyetpat a price on the business•樹门述没有给这逢生意开价。◊ Ybu can’t put a ;>n4ce on that sort 〇/ ioyaZiy•那样的忠心是无 法用金钱輪量的。_what price …？（8rf，/n/orwa/)

1                  used to say that you think that sth you have achieved may not be worth all the problems and difficulties it causes (认为得不偿失）…不值得，…有什么用？： What price /ame cm<i /ortime?名利的_代价何其大。

2                  used to say that sth seems unlikely (认为可能性不 大：）…可能吗，…不可能吧：WTiat price JJngicmd

Obtaining or achieving sth may have a cost; the value of sth is how much other people would be willing to pay

for it. * cost指获取某物或达到某目的所需的费用；value 指别人愿意为某物付出的後：bowse /w7ces房屋价格◊

沩e cost o/mov/'ng /icw/se 搬家费用◊ 77?e     now has a

mor/cef 〇/⑽pownds.这栋房子寫前的市■_

场价值为100万英镑。

expense the money that you spend on sth; sth that makes you spend money指所尨费用、花&的东西、开 销：The garden was transformed at great expense. It 园改建花I;-大笔费用。◊ Running a car is a big expense.养一辆牟幵销很大。 worth the financial value of sb/sth 指人或物的价值：

We has a persom?/ nef Mwf/? o/$70 m/7"oa.值 1千万元的个人净资产。EEH1 Worth is more often used to mean the practical or moral value of sth.

> worth较常用以指某事物的实际作用或道德意义b

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS

■                   the high price/cost/value/expense of sth

■                   the real/true price/cost/value/expense/worth of sth

■                   to put/set a price/value on sth

■to lower/reduce/cut the price/cost/value/expense of sth

■                   to increase/raise the price/cost/value/expense of sth ■to drop/falt/go down in price/value

^to go up/increase/rise in prke/value