consolation prize

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Mr Kaminski was promptly given the new group’s leadership as a consolation prize.
作爲安慰獎，卡明斯基隨即被任命爲這個新集團的領導人。
Before I left the contest, I gave Linda my Star Trek cardboard cutout as a consolation prize .
在我離開競賽現場之前，我把我的《星際迷航》紙板的邊角料作爲安慰獎送給了琳達。
For us, domestic partnerships and civil unions aren’t a consolation prize made available to lesbian and gay couples because we are barred from legally marrying.
對於我們而言，未婚同居和公民聯(lián)姻法竝不是同性戀們的安慰獎，因爲我們的法律依然禁止同性戀結婚。

The move is a consolation prize, but one that could brighten the Storm's gloomy reputation.
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Their message—that a good life can be had outside baseball—comes off as a dim and high-minded consolation prize.
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a small prize given to someone who has taken part in a competition, but who has not won

A consolation prize is a small prize which is given to a person who fails to win a competition.
A consolation prize is something that is arranged for or is given to a person to make them feel happier when they have failed to achieve something better.