pretty
US
UK pretty adj: ([sb]: beautiful) (人)
SC 漂亮的，俊俏的 piào liàng de ，jùn qiào de
Your daughter is so pretty in that dress.
你女儿穿着那身衣服真漂亮。
pretty adj: (thing: attractive) (事物)
SC 好看的，美的 hǎo kàn de ，měi de
That is a pretty photo of the lake at sunset.
这张日落时湖的照片真好看。
pretty adv: informal (moderately)
SC 比较，相当 bǐ jiào，xiāng dāng
TC 比較，相當
TC 比較，相當
It is pretty expensive, but I'm still going to buy it.
虽然相当贵，但我还是要买。
pretty adj: figurative ([sth] said: beautiful) (话)
SC 好的，妙的 hǎo de ，miào de
TC 好的
TC 好的
Thank you for saying that. That was so pretty.
谢谢你的发言。说得太妙了。
pretty, Pretty! interj: US, ironic (ironic: grand!) (讽刺用法)
SC 太好了！ tài hǎo le
SC 真棒！
Oh, pretty! She spilled her breakfast all over the floor.
pretty [sb] up vtr phrasal sep: informal (improve appearance of)
SC 打扮 dǎ bàn
TC 打扮
TC 打扮
SC 使漂亮 dǎ bàn，shǐ piào liàng
"We need to pretty you up," said her sister, "before Tom takes you to the dance!"
pretty [sth] up vtr phrasal sep: informal (adorn, embellish)
SC 美化, 装点
Your first draft isn't bad, but I think we can pretty it up a bit more.
a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, a kettle of fish n: figurative, informal (difficult situation)
SC 糟糕透顶
SC 一塌糊涂
cost a pretty penny v expr: informal, figurative (be expensive)
SC 花费很多 huā fèi hěn duō
TC 花費很多
TC 花費很多
SC 价格不菲 huā fèi hěn duō，jià gé bù fěi
I bet that dress cost a pretty penny.
pretty as a picture adj: (girl: sweetly attractive)
SC 非常美丽 fēi cháng měi lì
TC 非常美麗
TC 非常美麗
SC 优美如画 fēi cháng měi lì ，yōu měi rú huà
Sophie looks as pretty as a picture in her new dress.
pretty good adj: informal (reasonable, OK)
SC 相当好 xiāng dāng hǎo
TC 相當好
TC 相當好
SC 相当不错 xiāng dāng hǎo ，xiāng dāng bú cuò
Her English isn't perfect yet, but it's pretty good.
pretty hard adj: informal (quite difficult) (非正式用语)
SC 相当难的，相当不容易的 xiāng dāng nán de，xiāng dāng bù róng yì de
Wow! that test was pretty hard.
pretty hard adv: informal (severely) (非正式用语)
SC 相当凛冽地，相当严酷地 xiāng dāng lǐn liè de，xiāng dāng yán kù de
SC 相当严厉地，相当严格地 xiāng dāng yán lì de，xiāng dāng yán gé de(非正式用语)
The car was hit pretty hard in the accident.
pretty hard adj: informal (quite firm or solid) (非正式用语)
SC 相当硬的 xiāng dāng yìng de
TC 相當硬的
TC 相當硬的
That type of wood's pretty hard.
pretty much adv: informal (mostly)
SC 差不多 chà bù duō
TC 差不多
TC 差不多
When you visit the South, you'll pretty much eat only fried food.
当你去南方的时候，你就差不多只能吃油炸食物了。
pretty much the same adj: informal (very similar)
SC 差不多一样的
It hardly matters which candidate you vote for; they're all pretty much the same.
pretty much the same adv: (unchanged from earlier)
SC 差不多一样 chà bù duō yí yàng
The state of the patient's health has stayed pretty much the same.
pretty near adj: informal (quite close)
SC 相当近的 xiāng dāng jìn de
TC 相當近的
TC 相當近的
pretty near adv: US, informal (quite close)
SC 相当近地 xiāng dāng jìn de
TC 相當近地
TC 相當近地
They pretty near demolished the other team.
Pretty please? expr: informal (used to beg or cajole)
SC 求你了
Mommy, can I have two pieces of candy? Pretty please!
pretty soon adv: (in the near future)
SC 很快，不久之后 hěn kuài，bù jiǔ zhī hòu
Pretty soon, the days will be long and hot.
pretty well adv: informal (quite successfully) (非正式用语)
SC 很不错，很成功，很好 hěn bú cuò，hěn chéng gōng，hěn hǎo
I think that went pretty well.
We worked pretty well together.
pretty well adv: informal (almost completely) (非正式用语)
SC 差不多，几乎 chà bù duō，jī hū
TC 差不多，幾乎
TC 差不多，幾乎
He pretty well won the game single-handedly.
be sitting pretty v expr: informal (in an advantageous position)
SC 处于优势地位 chǔ yú yōu shì dì wèi
be sitting pretty v expr: informal (well off)
SC 富有 fù yǒu
TC 富有
TC 富有
SC 富足 fù yǒu，fù zú
Her business is turning a good profit, so Sandra is sitting pretty.