
英:/'ˈprɪti/ 美:/'ˈprɪti/
漂亮的
過去式:prettied 過去分詞:prettied 現在分詞:prettying 第三人稱單數:pretties 複數:pretties 比較級:prettier 最高級:prettiest
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adj. 漂亮的,可愛的,優美的;悅目的,動聽的(但未達到令人心動的程度);(非正式)好的(表示不悅的諷刺語)
adv. 漂亮地;相當地,頗;非常
n. 有吸引力的事物(尤指飾品);漂亮的人
v. 美化,使漂亮
n. (Pretty) (美、印)普雷蒂(人名)
I prettied his summary report a little bit.
我稍微美化了一下他的總結報告。
I'm pretty sure this man was the one who saved me.
我很确定就是這個人救了我。
This pretty attracted my attention deeply.
這位美人深深吸引着我的注意力。
She looks pretty in this black dress.
她穿着這條黑色裙子看上去很漂亮。
The house has four bedrooms, so it's pretty big.
這座房子有4個卧室 因此相當大
She's got such a pretty daughter.
她有一個如此漂亮的女兒
Wow, you look like you had a pretty big night last night!
哇,你看起來好像昨天晚上大喝了一場!
For travel, Paris is pretty high up on my list.
旅行的話,巴黎是我最想去的地方。
It costs a pretty penny to buy a house in Manhattan.
在曼哈頓買一棟房子要花一大筆錢。
We spent a pretty penny on this new tv, but it was worth it!
我們花了一大筆錢買這台新電視,但是很值!
It was a pretty low-key event. People were just casually chatting, mostly.
那活動相當低調。基本上就是人們隨意地聊聊天。
She looks beautiful. She obviously spent a pretty penny on that dress.
她看上去很美麗。很明顯她花了大價錢在那條裙子上。
Would you mind asking Paul to do it? I’m spread pretty thin right now.
你能讓Paul去做嗎?我手頭上工作太多了。
My connection is breaking up pretty bad.
我信號很差。
It’s a pretty decent apartment: I’m just not sure I can afford it right now.
這個公寓挺好的,我就是不确定我是否負擔得起。
Actually, they’re offering a pretty decent salary package.
實際上他們給的工資很合適。
This is a pretty established tradition in my country.
這是我國的一個老習俗。
Hot dogs, which you can find pretty much anywhere in America, are not very good for your health.
熱狗在美國隨處可見,這種食物對身體不好。
Let’s get going: this party is pretty boring.
我們走吧,派對真無聊。
The future looks pretty black.
前景看來很暗淡。
I'm pretty sure I'll be going.
我相當肯定會去的。
The results were pretty good.
結果相當不錯。
The exam was pretty difficult.
這場考試相當難。
Things are looking pretty good!
形勢看來很不錯!
pretty soon
不久
pretty good
非常好
pretty much
幾乎
pretty girl
漂亮女孩
pretty face
漂亮臉蛋
adj.|lovely/taking/smart/cute/tony;漂亮的;可愛的;優美的
adv.|relatively/fairly/comparatively/reasonably/considerably;相當地;頗
"Pretty" 是一個多義詞,在不同語境中具有豐富的語義層次:
1. 形容詞:形容外貌或事物的吸引力
表示“漂亮的、可愛的”,通常指視覺上的美感,但程度弱于“beautiful”。例如:“She wore a pretty dress with floral patterns”(她穿了一條帶有花卉圖案的漂亮裙子)。牛津詞典指出,該詞源自古英語“prættig”,原意為“巧妙的”,後逐漸演變為形容精緻美感。
2. 副詞:表達程度或修飾語氣
意為“相當、很”,用于強調程度或緩和語氣。例如:“The exam was pretty difficult”(考試相當難)。劍橋詞典強調,該用法在口語中尤為常見,可替代“very”但語氣更隨意。
3. 俗語與習語中的特殊含義
在語言學研究中,該詞還被用于分析英語形容詞的語義弱化現象,例如“pretty good”實際表達“非常好”,但通過降級修飾實現委婉表達(Huddleston & Pullum, 2002)。
單詞pretty 的詳細解釋如下:
漂亮的、可愛的
優美的、動聽的
相當、頗
非常
pretty vs. beautiful
pretty vs. handsome
pretty vs. quite/fairly
形容詞:
副詞:
文化語境:
如需更多例句或擴展用法,可參考權威詞典(如《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》)。
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