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beau·ti·ful AHD[byo͞o′tə-fəl] D.J.[ˈbjuːtəfəl]K.K.[ˈbjutəfəl]adj.（形容词）- Having qualities that delight the senses, especially the sense of sight.美的：具有使感官，特别是视觉愉快的性质的
- Exciting intellectual or emotional admiration.美好的：激起理智和感情上赞美的
beauʹtifully adv.（副词）beauʹtifulness n.（名词）beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome, comely, fair- All these adjectives apply to what excites aesthetic admiration.所有这些形容词都指能激起美学赞美的东西。
- Beautiful, the most comprehensive, applies to what stirs a heightened response both of the senses (a beautiful child; beautiful country; a beautiful painting) and of the mind on its highest level (a persuasive and beautiful theory; a beautiful mathematical proof). Beautiful 最全面，指能够唤起高度视听感觉好的：（漂亮的小孩；美丽的国家；美丽的图画） 和头脑在它的最高水平上所反应的东西：（一个有说服力的，完美的理论；一个完美的数学证明）。
- Lovely applies to what inspires emotion rather than intellectual appreciation: Lovely 指能够激起感情上而不是理智上的赞赏： "They were lovely, your eyes, but you didn't know where to look" (George Seferis). “你的一双眼睛是可爱的，但你不知道朝哪里看” （乔治·塞菲里斯）。 "Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action" (James Russell Lowell). “每个人都本能地感觉世界上所有美好的感情合起来也不如一个单一的可爱的行动有份量” （詹姆斯·拉塞尔·洛威尔）。
- What ispretty is beautiful but in a delicate or graceful way; the word rarely applies to what is imposing: Pretty 美丽，但是一种优美或文雅的美， 这个词很少指给人印象很深的美： a pretty face;一张漂亮的脸；a pretty song;一首好歌；a pretty room.一个好看的房间。
- Handsome stresses visual appeal by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion: Handsome 强调视觉由于形式和比例与理想一致而引起共鸣：a very large, handsome paneled library.一个很大的，漂亮的，嵌板子的图书馆。"She is very pretty, but not so extraordinarily handsome” (Thackeray). “她是非常漂亮的，但不是那么超乎寻常的 漂亮” （萨克雷）。
- Comely is usually restricted to wholesome physical attractiveness: Comely 通常是限定于健全的躯体带来的吸引力： "Mrs. Hurd is a large woman with a big, comely, simple face" (Ernest Hemingway).“赫德太太是一个大个子女人，长着一张大而清秀单纯的脸。” （欧内斯特·海明威）。
- Fair in this context emphasizes visual appeal deriving from freshness or purity: Fair 在内容上强调由新鲜或纯洁而引起的共鸣： "In the highlands, in the country places,/ Where the old plain men have rosy faces,/ And the young fair maidens/ Quiet eyes" (Robert Louis Stevenson). “在高原，在乡村/简朴老人的泛红的脸，/年轻美丽的少女们，/恬静的双眼” （罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森）
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