| 单词 | consolation stakes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconsolation stakes b. consolation prize a prize won in a consolation match; (now usually) one given to a competitor who has not won one of the stipulated prizes; also figurative; consolation race, consolation match, etc.: one open only to those competitors who have been unsuccessful in the preceding ‘events’; so consolation stakes. Dutch consolation: see Dutch adj., n.1, and adv. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > prize > other than first consolation prize1866 reserve1869 1866 ‘Ouida’ Chandos I. 70 He is the most wretched animal..he could not win in a consolation scramble. 1886 Wesleyan-Meth. Mag. Jan. 58 Only sixty-one can be successful, while nine others are granted the consolation prize of a half-degree. 1899 Scribner's Mag. 25 7/1 I should have missed the Santiago campaign, and might not even have had the consolation prize of going to Porto Rico. 1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 2 Nov. 352/2 The thousand-pound prize gives help to one (perhaps there are some consolation prizes) who..is quite good enough to look after himself. 1963 Listener 7 Mar. 407/1 Let us see whether there are not some consolation prizes for our failure to qualify for membership in E.E.C. < as lemmas |
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