1WINthe prize that is given to the best person or thing in a competition 一等奖/第一名
win/take first prize
She won first prize in a painting competition.
她在一次绘画比赛中得了第一。
first prize/place of
There is a first prize of £10,000.
一等奖奖金为一万英镑。
Examples from the Corpus
first of• There is a first prize of £100 in vouchers and a crystaltrophy.• The militaryalliance is offering a first prize of £130,000, as well as several runner-up prizes worth at least £60,000 each.• From Pentagon, specialists in officesupplies, there's a first prize of £2,000-worth of the latest office furniture.• They receive the first prize of £4,000.• For the Sunday the pros would be on their own, battling it out for the first prize of £500,000.• But the first prize of $ 60,000 may have provided a clue.• The first place of any size enroute is Bottighofen.• Staloluokta, our first place ofrest, is an oasis of delight.
2FIRSTfirst, second etc position in a race or competition 第一/第二/第三名等
He took second place in the long jump.
他在跳远比赛中获得了第二名。
in first/second etc place
I finished in third place.
我得了第三名。
Examples from the Corpus
first/second/third etc place• In the opening 250 race Robert Dunlop stayed well clear of a hecticbattle for second placebehind him.• Why had they come to this country in the first place?• But I think I got into drama professionally in the first place by accident.• There is almost a tinge of predestination in footballers' reflections on how they came to sport in the first place.• We never enjoyed them in the first place.• The firm which supplied the scaffoldblames the boy's parents for letting him play there in the first place.• But it's even more of a comfort for baby if he doesn't get wind in the first place.• In the second place, it involves some intention to maintain that control on the part of the possessor.