praise

praise既可以指对人或事物的称赞，也可以指对神的赞美、颂扬；作动词时表示称赞、赞美或颂扬某人、某物。

💡 记忆钩子

把某人或某物的价值用好话“抬高”起来，就是praise：抬高普通表现，是“称赞”；把这种赞美献给神或崇拜对象，就是“赞美、颂扬”；作动词则是亲口做出这个动作。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“称赞、赞扬”这一核心意思，再理解宗教语境中的“赞美、颂扬”。不要把praise只理解成“表扬”，因为它也可以用于作品、品质、决定等非人的对象。
praise既可作名词也可作动词，学习时注意不要误把名词直接当作动词使用。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 称赞；赞扬

📖 指用肯定、赞扬的话评价某人或某物，强调把对方的优点说出来或传播出去。它可以指赞扬这种行为，也可以指具体的赞美之词。

💡 常见结构是“receive/get praise”表示“受到称赞”，以及“praise for + 名词”表示“因某事而获得赞扬”。作不可数名词时指笼统的赞扬，作可数名词时可指一番具体的称赞。不要把它只译成“表扬”，因为作品、决定、服务和品质同样可以得到praise。

countable uncountable

The new restaurant received widespread praise for its friendly service.

这家新餐馆因服务热情而广受称赞。

Her careful explanation earned praise from the whole team.

她解释得很仔细，得到了整个团队的赞扬。
common 赞美；颂扬；赞颂

📖 指对神或崇拜对象表达敬仰和赞美，比普通的“称赞”更带有宗教或崇拜色彩。核心仍是用言语抬高并肯定对象的价值，只是对象和语境更特殊。

💡 常见结构是“praise of + 神或崇拜对象”，也常见于宗教歌曲、祷告和仪式等语境。这里的praise通常不可数，表示持续的赞美或颂扬，而不是一条普通的称赞。日常语境中若没有宗教背景，通常优先理解为一般的“称赞”。

countable uncountable

The choir gathered in the morning for songs of praise.

唱诗班早晨聚在一起唱赞美诗。

praises plural

verb

core 称赞；赞美；颂扬

📖 指主动说出对某人、某物的肯定，或表达对神的赞美。它把名词所表示的“赞扬”变成一个动作，可以根据语境译为“表扬”“称赞”或“颂扬”。

💡 常见结构是“praise + 对象”，以及“praise + 对象 + for + 原因”，后者明确说明称赞的理由。praise后面直接接被称赞的人或事物，不能照搬某些中文表达而随意加介词。普通语境中可用于老师、朋友、作品和工作表现，宗教语境中则常用于神或崇拜对象。

The manager praised Maya for solving the problem so quickly.

经理称赞玛雅这么快就解决了问题。

Many people praise the film for its honest portrayal of family life.

许多人称赞这部电影真实地呈现了家庭生活。

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📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 3 组

express approval of

同义词集: praise

The parents praised their children for their academic performance

反义: criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart 上位: appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value 下位: advertise, advertize, applaud, blandish, commend, compliment, congratulate, exalt, extol, flatter, glorify, gush, laud, proclaim, promote, puff, puff up, push, rave, recommend, salute, sonnet, troll

an expression of approval and commendation

同义词集: praise congratulations kudos extolment

he always appreciated praise for his work

上位: approval, commendation 下位: compliment, encomium, eulogium, eulogy, good word, paean, panegyric, pean, recommendation, superlative, testimonial

offering words of homage as an act of worship

同义词集: praise

they sang a hymn of praise to God

上位: worship 下位: hallelujah

🌳 词源

名词来自中古英语，源自动词；动词经古法语和晚期拉丁语词源演变而来，和表示“价格、价值”的词源有关。

From Middle English praisen, preisen, from Old French proisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin pretiō (“to value, prize”) from pretium (“price, worth, reward”). Displaced native Middle English herien from Old English herian (“to praise”).

🔄 变式

- imperat praised 1st_sg praisedst archaic praises plural praisest archaic praiseth archaic praising present

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