詞匯精選:precious的用法和辨析
一、詳細(xì)釋義:
adj.
貴重的;寶貴的
例句:
How can they smuggle the precious packet past the guards?
他們何以能偷帶著貴重的包裹走過警衛(wèi)人員而不被發(fā)現(xiàn)呢?
例句:
He has sent me most precious gifts.
他送給我極為珍貴的禮物。
珍愛的,寶貝的
例句:
The car is really precious to him.
這部車對他來說是個寶貝。
例句:
For their precious capital they put up no fight.
他們沒有為保衛(wèi)自己珍愛的首都而戰(zhàn)。
【貶】(指語言、風(fēng)格等)過于講究的,矯揉造作的
例句:
His writings reveal a precious style.
他的文章流露出不討好的做作風(fēng)格。
【口】十足的;完全的
例句:
He is a precious scoundrel!
他簡直就是個流氓!
例句:
He is a precious miser.
他是個十足的吝嗇鬼。
adv.
【口】極其;非常,很
例句:
I have precious little to say.
我?guī)缀鯚o話可說。
例句:
There's precious little to do with the project.
這項工程沒多少事要做了。
n.
【口】(用作表示親昵的稱呼語)親愛的人,寶貝
例句:
What did you say, precious?
親愛的,你說什么呀?
例句:
She had clasped her arms about his neck, she was calling him darling, precious, loved one.
她的胳膊擁緊他的脖子,叫他親愛的,寶貝兒,和心肝兒。
二、詞義辨析:
valuable,precious
這兩個形容詞均含“貴重的,有價值的”之意。 valuable指有相當(dāng)價值,可高價出售的,或有用、有益的東西。 precious指因稀罕、不易得到而很值錢,或因本身的品質(zhì)而具有極大的價值。
三、相關(guān)短語:
precious stone
n.寶石
precious metal
貴金屬
四、參考例句:
Pandas are precious creatures.
熊貓是珍貴的動物。
Diamonds are precious stones.
鉆石是一種寶石。
What did you say, precious?
親愛的,你說什么呀?
He is a precious miser.
他是個十足的吝嗇鬼。
He is a precious scoundrel!
他簡直就是個流氓!
The car is really precious to him.
這部車對他來說是個寶貝。
Wisdom is more precious than wealth.
智慧比財富更寶貴。
Don't idle away your precious time.
不要把大好時光浪費掉。
His writings reveal a precious style.
他的文章流露出不討好的做作風(fēng)格。
He has sent me most precious gifts.
他送給我極為珍貴的禮物。
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