| 词汇 | have/take pride of place |
| 释义 | have/take pride of placehave/take pride of place IMPORTANTif something has or takes pride of place, it is put in the best place for people to see because it is the thing you are most proud of 占据最重要的位置 A large photograph of the children had pride of place on the sitting room wall. 起居室墙上最显眼的位置挂着一张孩子们的大幅照片。 Examples from the Corpus have/take pride of place• There, pit latrines inside homes take pride of place, their arched entrances lavishly embellished with stone carvings.• A Tudor Doll's House takes pride of place in a fine collection of houses and period dolls.• These were retrieved and now take pride of place in the library.• A runaway hamster called Sophie takes pride of place where the school rat once roamed.• The statue takes pride of place at Gerrards Cross station.• Are they to take pride of place, as they should in ballets worthy of the name?• At Maastricht next month, political, economic and monetary union will take pride of place.• Glass would have pride of place, she said. → have/take pride of place at pride1(4) |
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