invaluable
adj
~ (to sb/sth) of value too high to be measured; extremely valuable 價值高得無法估量的; 極寶貴的
an invaluable collection of paintings 珍品畫的收藏
invaluable help, advice, etc 寶貴的幫助、 意見等
Your help has been invaluable to us. 你對我們的幫助是非常寶貴的. invaluable, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
A few adjectives have misleading `negative' affixes such as in- or -less. 有幾個形容詞帶有貌似`否定'的詞綴, 如in-或-less.
1 Invaluable means `extremely valuable'. *invaluable意思是`極有價值的'. It is not the opposite of valuable, which is valueless (or worthless). 這個詞并不是valuable的反義詞, valuable的反義詞是valueless(或worthless).
2 Priceless means `too valuable to be priced', ie `having a very high price'.*priceless意思是`貴重得無法定出價格的', 即`價格非常高的'.
3 Innumerable and numberless mean `too many to be counted' or `very numerous'. *innumerable和numberless 意思是`多得數不清的'或`極多的'.
4 Flammable and inflammable have the same meaning (opposite
non-flammable). *flammable和inflammable意思一樣, 是`易燃的'(反義詞是
non-flammable`不易燃的').
What shocked him most was that the men who carried him were black.
最使他感到驚奇的是,把他運走的人都是黑人。
At the time of his death, one person praised him as follows: Future generations, it may be, will hardly believe that such a person as this walked upon this earth.