/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。