一、详细释义:
adj.
贵重的;宝贵的
例句:
How can they smuggle the precious packet past the guards?
他们何以能偷带着贵重的包裹走过警卫人员而不被发现呢?
例句:
He has sent me most precious gifts.
他送给我极为珍贵的礼物。
珍爱的,宝贝的
例句:
The car is really precious to him.
这部车对他来说是个宝贝。
例句:
For their precious capital they put up no fight.
他们没有为保卫自己珍爱的首都而战。
【贬】(指语言、风格等)过于讲究的,矫揉造作的
例句:
His writings reveal a precious style.
他的文章流露出不讨好的做作风格。
【口】十足的;完全的
例句:
He is a precious scoundrel!
他简直就是个流氓!
例句:
He is a precious miser.
他是个十足的吝啬鬼。
adv.
【口】极其;非常,很
例句:
I have precious little to say.
我几乎无话可说。
例句:
There's precious little to do with the project.
这项工程没多少事要做了。
n.
【口】(用作表示亲昵的称呼语)亲爱的人,宝贝
例句:
What did you say, precious?
亲爱的,你说什么呀?
例句:
She had clasped her arms about his neck, she was calling him darling, precious, loved one.
她的胳膊拥紧他的脖子,叫他亲爱的,宝贝儿,和心肝儿。
二、词义辨析:
valuable,precious
这两个形容词均含“贵重的,有价值的”之意。valuable指有相当价值,可高价出售的,或有用、有益的东西。precious指因稀罕、不易得到而很值钱,或因本身的品质而具有极大的价值。
三、相关短语:
precious stone
n.宝石
precious metal
贵金属
四、参考例句:
Pandas are precious creatures.
熊猫是珍贵的动物。
Diamonds are precious stones.
钻石是一种宝石。
What did you say, precious?
亲爱的,你说什么呀?
He is a precious miser.
他是个十足的吝啬鬼。
He is a precious scoundrel!
他简直就是个流氓!
The car is really precious to him.
这部车对他来说是个宝贝。
Wisdom is more precious than wealth.
智慧比财富更宝贵。
Don't idle away your precious time.
不要把大好时光浪费掉。
His writings reveal a precious style.
他的文章流露出不讨好的做作风格。
He has sent me most precious gifts.
他送给我极为珍贵的礼物。