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A person who has been given a high prize or honour. You meet it most often in set titles: a Nobel laureate is someone who has won a Nobel Prize; a Poet Laureate is a poet chosen by a country or a city to hold that title for a time.
A person一個人 who has been given a high prize or honour曾被授予崇高獎項或榮譽。You你 meet it most often最常看到這個字 in set titles在固定頭銜裡: a Nobel laureate Nobel laureate（諾貝爾獎得主） is someone who has won a Nobel Prize是贏得諾貝爾獎的人; a Poet Laureate Poet Laureate（桂冠詩人） is a poet則是...的詩人 chosen by a country or a city to hold that title for a time被一個國家或城市選出、在一段時間內擁有這個頭銜。
Newspapers, schools, and award nights use it; friends almost never say it over dinner. It can sit in front of a noun too (a laureate scientist), but the person-noun is the usual way. It feels formal and a little grand — the special word for a prize-winner when the prize is famous.
Newspapers, schools, and award nights報紙、學校，和頒獎典禮上 use it會用這個字; friends almost never say it over dinner朋友吃飯聊天時幾乎不會這樣說。It它 can sit in front of a noun too也可以放在名詞前面 (a laureate scientist)（a laureate scientist，得獎的科學家）, but the person-noun is the usual way不過當名詞用（指人）才是比較常見的用法。It它 feels formal and a little grand給人一種正式、有點氣派的感覺 — the special word for a prize-winner when the prize is famous是在獎項很有名時，用來稱呼得獎人的特別字眼。
Though actually, the old picture is not a medal: Romans put a crown of laurel leaves on winners and on great poets.
Though actually不過其實, the old picture is not a medal最初的畫面不是獎牌: Romans put a crown of laurel leaves羅馬人會把月桂葉編成的皇冠戴 on winners and on great poets在優勝者和偉大詩人的頭上。
組成Borrowed in the late 1400s from Latin laureātus, “wearing a laurel crown.” Latin laurea was a laurel wreath — a high reward given to poets and later to winners coming home in triumph — plus -ātus, an ending meaning “having” or “wearing.” That goes back to laureus “of laurel,” from laurus “laurel.” English later also made a verb by treating -ate as a verb ending. French lauréat is a close cousin.
同家族的字
- laurelthe tree whose leaves made the Roman prize-crown; same Latin root laurus
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
laureateadj/ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/
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Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
- To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
- Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.
laureatenoun/ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/
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datedOne crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
- a learn'd laureate
- Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.
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A graduate of a university.
laureateverb/ˈlɒɹ.i.eɪt/
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To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。