| 单词 | to put a premium on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put (also place, set) a premium on P2. to put (also place, set) a premium on (and variants): to put a high value on; to regard or treat as particularly valuable or important. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > put high value on to put (also place, set) a premium on1870 1870 C. Kingsley At Last xvi Exclusive sugar cultivation had put a premium on unskilled slave-labour, to the disadvantage of skilled white-labour. 1882 Congress. Rec. 25 Jan. 615/1 [Are we] going to put a premium on judicial trumpery and dead-beatism? 1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island p. xvi In short, our circumstances place a premium on political ability whilst the circumstances of England discount it; and the quality of the supply naturally follows the demand. 1933 J. W. N. Sullivan Limitations of Sci. iv. 132 The struggle for existence takes the place of the human breeder. Nature sets a premium upon certain varieties as compared with others. 1980 B. Castle Castle Diaries 9 The miners were in a powerful position, knowing that the Middle East crisis and the huge increase in the price of oil had put a premium on the coal industry. 2001 C. Coker Humane Warfare iv. 78 Clearly, a society which puts a premium on individualism is likely to individualise every death—that of its own soldiers as well as the enemy's. < as lemmas |
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