precious
adj
1 of great value (and beauty) 貴重的; 寶貴的
the precious metals, ie gold, silver and platinum 貴金屬(金、 銀、 白金)
precious gems/stones, ie diamonds, rubies, emeralds, etc 寶石(鉆石、 紅寶石、 綠寶石等).
2 ~ (to sb) highly valued; dearly loved 珍貴的; 受到珍愛的
precious moments together 相處在一起的珍貴時(shí)刻
Each life is precious. 生命都是非常寶貴的.
a precious memento of happier times 幸福時(shí)日的珍貴紀(jì)念品
She is very precious to him. 她在他心中占著非常重要的地位.
(infml ironic 口, 反語) She talks about nothing except her precious car! 她說話離不開她那寶貝汽車!
3 (derog 貶) (of language, style, etc) over-refined; unnatural (指語言、 風(fēng)格等)過於講究的, 矯揉造作的
poetry full of precious images 盡是挖空心思的意象的詩篇
a rather precious young man 惺惺作態(tài)的年輕男子.
4 (infml often ironic 口, 常作反語) considerable 可觀的
A precious lot of good that will do! 那樣做大有好處! precious, adv (used before little, few 用於little、 few之前) (infml 口) very 很; 非常
Precious few people can afford prices like that. 沒有什麼人出得起那個(gè)價(jià)錢.
She has precious little to be cheerful about. 她幾乎毫無樂趣. precious, n (infml 口) (used as an affectionate name when speaking to sb 用作表示親昵的稱呼語) dear 親愛的
What did you say, (my) precious? (我)親愛的, 你說什麼呀?