He is someone who prizes truth and decency above all things.

【prize】他把诚实和正派看得高于一切。

The Spartans prized physical perfection above all else, and so the students spent a great deal of their time learning how to fight.

斯巴达人最看重身体的完美，因此学生们花费大量时间学习如何战斗。

We live in a capitalist society, for better or for worse, where productivity is prized above all else and anything that interferes with being productive is looked down upon.

我们生活在一个资本主义社会， 无论好坏，生产力被视为高于一切， 而任何干扰生产力的事物都会被鄙视。

I saw now that Mr. Gopnik lived in a world where money and status were prized so far above everything else that it was inconceivable to him that somebody wouldn't try to extract some, given the opportunity.

我现在明白了，戈普尼克先生生活在一个金钱和地位至高无上的世界里，以至于他无法想象有人会在有机会的情况下不试图榨取一些。