/ˈprɪti ||; ˈprɪtɪ/adj
(prettier;prettiest) attractive and pleasant to look at or hear 漂亮;标致;俊俏:
a pretty girl/smile/dress/garden/name漂亮的姑娘;动人的微笑;漂亮的连衣裙;漂亮的花园;漂亮的名字☞ Pretty is not normally used to describe men or boys. Good-looking can be used for all people, and handsome is usually used for men. Look also at the note at beautiful. pretty一般不用于形容男子或男孩子。Good-looking可用于形容所有人;handsome通常用来形容男子。另参看beautiful的注释。 ➔prettilyadvThe room is prettily decorated.这房间布置得很漂亮。 ➔prettinessnoun [U]
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/ˈprɪti ||; ˈprɪtɪ/adv
(informal 非正式) quite; fairly 很;相当:
The film was pretty good but not fantastic.那部电影相当不错,但不算很棒。I'm pretty certain that Alex will agree.我相当肯定亚历克斯会同意。☞Look at the note at rather. 参看rather的注释。 pretty much/nearly/well almost; very nearly 差不多;几乎:
I won't be long. I've pretty well finished.我不会花太长时间,我差不多完成了。
pretty1/ˋprItI; ˈprIti/adv 1 spoken fairly or quite【口】相当﹐颇: She looks pretty miserable. 她看上去很难过。I’m pretty sure he’ll agree. 我相当肯定他会同意。see box at见 RATHER 方框2 pretty much/pretty well almost completely 几乎﹐差不多: The streets were pretty well empty. 街道上几乎空荡荡的。They all look pretty much the same. 他们看上去都差不多。
pretty2adj 1 a woman or girl who is pretty is attractive〔女子或女孩〕漂亮的﹐好看的﹐标致的: a very pretty girl 一个非常漂亮的女孩You look really pretty with your hair long. 你留着长发非常漂亮。see box at见 ATTRACTIVE 方框2 attractive to look at or pleasant to listen to 悦目的﹔悦耳的: a pretty vase 漂亮的花瓶a pretty tune 动听的曲调3 not a pretty sight very unpleasant to look at 很不顺眼﹐看起来很不舒服: His face was covered in spots and he was not a pretty sight! 他满脸疙瘩﹐非常难看! —prettily adv
prettypretty1adverb (informal)quite; fairly: It's pretty cold today.prettyprettyprettierprettiestprettiesprettiedprettying2adjective (prettier, prettiest)nice to look at: a pretty little girl These flowers are very pretty.Look at the note at beautiful.