English Dictionary

consolation prize

noun

An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.

She received a consolation prize for her efforts.

意味（1）

An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.

The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize.