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    pretty 的英语意思

    prettypretty1 /ˈprɪti/ adverb [+adjective/adverb] spoken口语 查看全部语言翻译1fairly or more than a little相当;比一点多:  I’m pretty sure he’ll say yes.我相当确定他会答应的。 She still looks pretty miserable.她看起来仍然相当痛苦。Register语体In written English, people usually avoid pretty and use fairly instead:· The consequences of this are fairly obvious.在书面英语中,人们通常避免使用 pretty,而改用 fairly:· 这样做的后果是相当明显的。2very非常:  Dinner at Luigi’s sounds pretty good to me.在路易吉餐厅吃晚饭对我来说听起来非常不错。3pretty well/much almost completely几乎完全:  He hit the ball pretty well exactly where he wanted it.他打球的落点几乎完全和他预想的一样。 The guard left us pretty much alone.警卫几乎对我们放任不管。 They’re all pretty much the same.它们几乎都一样。4pretty nearly (also pretty near American English) almost几乎:  The shock of Pat’s death pretty near killed Roy.帕特去世的打击几乎夺去了罗伊的命。 be sitting pretty at sit(9)
    prettypretty2 adjective (comparative prettier, superlative prettiest) 1a woman or child who is pretty has a nice attractive face形容女性或儿童面容姣好、有吸引力:  a pretty little girl一个漂亮的小女孩 Maria looks much prettier with her hair cut short.玛丽亚剪短头发后看起来漂亮多了。 see thesaurus at beautiful2something that is pretty is pleasant to look at or listen to but is not impressive形容某物好看或悦耳,但并不令人印象深刻:  a pretty dress一条漂亮的裙子 The tune is pretty.这段旋律挺好听的。 What a pretty little garden!多么漂亮的小花园啊!3not a pretty sight very unpleasant to look at – sometimes used humorously看起来非常令人不快——有时用于幽默语境:  After a night’s drinking, Al was not a pretty sight.喝了一夜酒后,阿尔看起来惨不忍睹。4not just a pretty face spoken口语 used humorously to say that someone is intelligent, when people think this is surprising幽默地表示某人很聪明,而这让人觉得出乎意料:  I’m not just a pretty face, you know!你知道吗,我可不只是个花瓶!5come to a pretty pass old-fashioned旧式 used to say that a very bad situation has developed用于表示局势已变得非常糟糕:  Things have come to a pretty pass, if you can’t say what you think without causing a fight.如果连说出自己的想法都会引发争吵,那事情可真是糟透了。6cost a pretty penny old-fashioned旧式 to cost a lot of money花很多钱;代价高昂7pretty as a picture old-fashioned旧式 very pretty非常漂亮prettily adverb:  Charlotte sang very prettily.夏洛特唱得非常动听。prettiness noun [uncountable]