price、preci 表示「價格；價值；報酬」的意思，prize（獎品；獎賞）、praise（稱讚；讚賞）也是同源字，均可看出字根「獎品；價值」的含意。
★必學應用字彙．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．
appraise v. 估價；評價
The woman had the ring appraised and learned that it was worth very little.
那名婦人把戒指送去估價，發現價值很低。
appreciate v. 評價；欣賞；感謝
I appreciate your offer to help, but I think I can finish this task on my own.
我很感謝你提議幫忙，但我想我能自己完成這個任務。
depreciate v. 降價；貶值；貶低
My car depreciates in value every year.
我的車子每年都在貶值
precious adj. 珍貴的；寶貴的
Many people feel that the old library is a precious piece of town history.
很多人覺得這間老圖書館是鎮上歷史的珍貴一頁。
priceless adj. 無價的；極珍貴的
The time that children spend with their grandparents is priceless.
孩子與祖父母相處的時光是無價的。
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