一、详细释义:


adj.

贵重的;宝贵的


例句:

How can they smuggle the precious packet past the guards?

他们何以能偷带着贵重的包裹走过警卫人员而不被发现呢?


例句:

He has sent me most precious gifts.

他送给我极为珍贵的礼物。


珍爱的,宝贝的


例句:

The car is really precious to him.

这部车对他来说是个宝贝。


例句:

For their precious capital they put up no fight.

他们没有为保卫自己珍爱的首都而战。


【贬】(指语言、风格等)过于讲究的,矫揉造作的


例句:

His writings reveal a precious style.

他的文章流露出不讨好的做作风格。


【口】十足的;完全的


例句:

He is a precious scoundrel!

他简直就是个流氓!


例句:

He is a precious miser.

他是个十足的吝啬鬼。


adv.

【口】极其;非常,很


例句:

I have precious little to say.

我几乎无话可说。


例句:

There's precious little to do with the project.

这项工程没多少事要做了。


n.

【口】(用作表示亲昵的称呼语)亲爱的人,宝贝


例句:

What did you say, precious?

亲爱的,你说什么呀?


例句:

She had clasped her arms about his neck, she was calling him darling, precious, loved one.

她的胳膊拥紧他的脖子,叫他亲爱的,宝贝儿,和心肝儿。


二、词义辨析:


valuable,precious

这两个形容词均含“贵重的,有价值的”之意。 valuable指有相当价值,可高价出售的,或有用、有益的东西。 precious指因稀罕、不易得到而很值钱,或因本身的品质而具有极大的价值。


三、相关短语:


precious stone

n.宝石


precious metal

贵金属


四、参考例句:


Pandas are precious creatures.

熊猫是珍贵的动物。


Diamonds are precious stones.

钻石是一种宝石。


What did you say, precious?

亲爱的,你说什么呀?


He is a precious miser.

他是个十足的吝啬鬼。


He is a precious scoundrel!

他简直就是个流氓!


The car is really precious to him.

这部车对他来说是个宝贝。


Wisdom is more precious than wealth.

智慧比财富更宝贵。


Don't idle away your precious time.

不要把大好时光浪费掉。


His writings reveal a precious style.

他的文章流露出不讨好的做作风格。


He has sent me most precious gifts.

他送给我极为珍贵的礼物。