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.).
权威例句
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。
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。
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。
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。
5. American reviewers are lavish in their praise of this book.
【applaud, clap, praise, commend】
applaud: v.鼓掌,赞扬,指因精湛表演或某种行为得到别人的赞许,大声叫好或热烈鼓掌。
• The boss applauded my efforts by praising my work. 老板表扬了我的工作,对我的努力表示赞许。
clap: v.拍打,其用法是clap one's hand=applaud,不能说applaud one's hands。
• clap sb. 为某人鼓掌,clap sth.拍打某物
praise: v.为一般用词,用于对某人的优秀品质表示钦佩羡慕;赞颂,赞美。
• A supervisor praised the employee for her good work. 一位主管称赞这位员工的工作做得不错。
• Survivors of the crash praised God for saving them. 坠机事件的幸存者赞颂上帝使他们得救。
commend: v.为正式用词,用于对具体功绩或成就表示嘉奖,通常指上级对下级、长辈对晚辈的赞赏。
• The teacher commended the student for doing well on the exam. 老师表扬学生们的考试成绩优异。