| 单词 | pretty |
| 释义 | pretty¹ 1.(physically appealing)+ baby, child, woman, face漂亮的；俊俏的；标致的 a pretty girl with enormous blue eyes长着蓝色大眼睛的漂亮姑娘 He thought it was the prettiest face he'd ever seen.他觉得这是他见过的最标致的面孔。 to look pretty girl, woman +看起来很漂亮 She looked very pretty in a blue dress and with flowers in her hair.她身着蓝色连衣裙, 头戴鲜花, 看上去非常漂亮。 2.(dainty, neat)+ dress, pattern, village, garden, house秀丽的；整洁的；精致的；漂亮的；好看的 comfortable sofas covered in a pretty floral print印有漂亮花卉图案的舒适沙发 in the pretty village of Clachan在美丽的克拉亨村 to look pretty flowers, garden +看起来很漂亮 Those flowers look pretty. What are they?那些花看起来很漂亮, 是什么花？ 3.<过时>(commendable)值得表扬的；值得赞扬的 He replied with a pretty wit.他的回答非常风趣。 4.<讽>(fine)妙的；好的 Here's a pretty mess.这里可乱得真是绝了。 5.(effeminate)缺乏男子气概的；女里女气的；花花公子的 See alsopretty boy 6.<苏格兰>(brave)勇敢的；健壮的 idiom pretty² ◆it has come to a pretty pass糟透了 It's come to a pretty pass if you can't even take three holidays without the plotters starting.你如果连三天假都无法安生度过, 那真是糟透了。 ◆not to be a pretty sight不漂亮；不吸引人 Left unattended for a few days in hot weather, grass quickly turns brown, and is not a pretty sight.在炎热的天气里, 草坪如果几天没有打理很快就会变黄, 非常难看。 The Secretary of State was not a pretty sight.国务卿的样子有碍观瞻。 ◆a pretty penny<非正式>很多钱 We could probably sell them for a pretty penny.我们说不定能把这些东西卖个好价钱呢。 to cost a pretty penny花很多钱 Buying a home can cost a pretty penny.买一套房子要花很多钱。 相当；颇；很；非常 I had a pretty good idea of what she was going to do.我非常清楚她要去干什么。 pretty soon很快；非常快 We must make up our mind pretty soon.我们必须很快下定决心。 pretty soon after sth在某事之后很快 He left pretty soon after my arrival.我到之后, 他很快就走了。 pretty well非常好 I'm pretty well at the moment, thanks.我现在非常好, 谢谢。 pretty bad非常坏；非常差劲 That film was pretty bad.那部电影糟糕透了。 pretty awful糟透了；很糟糕 The weather was pretty awful.天气糟透了。 idiom pretty³ ◆pretty muchorpretty well<非正式>差不多；几乎 I travel pretty well every week.我几乎每个星期都出差。 It's pretty much the same.几乎完全一样。 ◆sitting pretty<非正式>处于有利位置；处境优越 Boro were sitting pretty with 19 points.博罗得19分, 处于有利位置。 He is sitting pretty financially.他在经济上非常宽裕。 漂亮的人(或物) See also pretties¹ pretty⁴ Phrasal Verbpretty up |
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