标题: 辨析award 与 reward [打印本页] 作者: 蝴蝶飞飞 时间: 2012-4-27 14:14 标题: 辨析award 与 reward 这两个词都可以用作名词和动词。作名词时,意义相近,但不是同义词。
作名词时,award 的意思是“奖品”、“奖金”,它的意思与 prize 近似,两者都指“因为作出杰出成就而受奖”。例:
The Olympic winner received a gold medal as an award.
奥林匹克的优胜者获得一枚金质奖章作为奖赏。
He won the second award of $ 2,000.
他获得二等奖,奖金二千元。
而 reward 作名词时,其意为“赏金”、“酬金”或一些非金钱的报酬。例:
We will offer a reward of ten thousand dollars for information about the case.
如果有人提供有关案件的情报,我们愿意出一万元赏金。
We don't expectsubstantialrewards.
我们并不期望得到优厚的报酬。
用作动词时,award 的意思是“授与”、“颁发”、“判给”。例:
He was awarded the first prize for OutstandingIndustrialDesign.
他获杰出工业设计一等奖。
We judge awarded him twenty thousand dollars as damages.
法官判给他二万元作为赔偿费。
而 reward 则表示“报答”、“酬谢”之意。例:
You should reward them according to theirdeserts.
你应该对他们论功行赏。
Is that how you reward me for my help?
你就是这样来报答我给你的帮助吗?
此外 reward 还可用于比喻意。例:
I would feelamplyrewarded if my book - A Study of English Twins - could be of some help to the readers.
如果我的书《英语学生词语之研究》对读者有所帮助的话,我就感到心满意足了。