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| 1 | Dear used in front of someone’ s name at the beginning of a letter to them （用于信开头某人的名字前）亲爱的 |
| Dear Diana, I hope you’ re feeling better now. 亲爱的黛安娜，希望你现在身体好些了。 |
| | 1a | used at the beginning of a very formal letter , for example to a company or to someone you have never met 亲爱的先生/先生们/女士（用于非常正式的信件开头） | | Dear Sirs, I am writing to complain about your telephone helpline. 亲爱的先生们，我写此信想投诉你们的服务热线。 | |
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| 2 | loved or liked very much 亲爱的；心爱的 |
| a dear friend She is a very dear friend of mine. 她是我一位十分亲密的朋友。 |
| dear to sb You are both very dear to me. 你们俩对我都很宝贵。 |
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| 3 | not usually before noun expensive 昂贵的；高价的 |
| Their products are good quality, but a bit dear. 他们的产品质量很好，但有点儿贵。 |
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| 4 | BRITISH old-fashioned used for speaking to someone in a friendly way or in a way that shows that you think you are better or more important than them （用于以友好的方式或高人一等的口吻对人说话）亲爱的 |
| I’ m afraid you’ re wrong, dear boy. 恐怕你错了，亲爱的孩子。 |
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| 5 | nice . People who use this word usually do not sound sincere可爱的，好看的（使用该词的人通常听起来不真诚） |
| dear little/sweet/old etc Raymond is a dear sweet man! 雷蒙德是个多么逗人喜爱的人啊！ |
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| - | be dear to sb’ s heart formal
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| if something is dear to someone’ s heart , they are very interested in it and care a lot about it |
| 受到某人的高度重视 |
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| Education is a subject that is very dear to the Prime Minister’ s heart. 教育是个受到首相高度重视的话题。 |
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| - | dearGod spoken
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| used for expressing strong emotion , especially anger or shock |
| 天啊，哎呀（表示强烈的感情，尤指愤怒或震惊） |
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| Dear God, what is the matter now? 天啊，这会儿出了什么事？ |
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| - | for dearlife informal
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| using all your strength , speed , or determination in order to avoid danger or serious trouble |
| 拼命地；死命地 |
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| He clung on to the edge of the cliff for dear life. 他死命抓住悬崖的边缘。 |
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