premium
英 ['priːmɪəm]
美 ['primɪəm]
- n. 额外费用；奖金；保险费;(商)溢价
- adj. 高价的；优质的
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premium 奖励，奖品，促销品，加价，溢价，优质的，高端的来自拉丁语praemium,奖励，奖品，战利品，来自prae,在前，-em,拿，带，获得，词源同example,exempt.后用于形容词词义优质的，高端的，即额外的奖品。由该形容词词义又用于指经济学术语加价，溢价，保险费等。
- premium (n.)
- c. 1600, "reward given for a specific act," from Latin praemium "reward, profit derived from booty," from prae- "before" (see pre-) + emere "to buy," originally "to take" (see exempt (adj.)). Insurance sense is 1660s, from Italian premio. Adjectival sense of "superior in quality" is first attested 1925, originally in reference to butter.
- 1. Callers are charged a premium rate of 48p a minute.
- 打电话要支付每分钟48便士的附加费。
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- 2. He eventually sold the shares back to the bank at a premium.
- 他最后以高价把股票回售给银行。
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- 3. They put a high premium on prevention and primary care.
- 他们对预防和初级护理极为重视。
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- 4. The premium can increase at the whim of the insurers.
- 保险公司可以随时提高保费。
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- 5. At the premium end of the market, business is booming.
- 高端市场业务繁荣。
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