pretty
英 [ˈprɪti] 美 [ˈprɪti]

adj.

漂亮的；机灵的，聪明的；

adv.

相当，颇；

n.

漂亮的人（或东西）；

变形

复数：pretties

双语释义

adv.(副词)

1. 相当,颇 fairly or moderately; very

adj.(形容词)

1. 漂亮的,可爱的,精致的 pleasing and attractive, without being beautiful or magnificent

英英释义

pretty

• adj.
  • pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

    "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"

  • (used ironically) unexpectedly bad

    "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"

• adv.used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain)

  "pretty big"; "pretty bad"

  同义词：jolly

词汇搭配

用作副词 (adv.)～+副词

• pretty amateur相当业余
• pretty certain颇有把握
• pretty fiery非常辣
• pretty good相当好
• pretty hopeless希望渺茫
• pretty hungry相当饿
• pretty satisfied相当满意
• pretty secure很稳固
• pretty sick病得相当厉害
• pretty soft容易的,合算的
• pretty much几乎
• pretty nearly几乎
• pretty soon立即
• pretty well差不多

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• pretty boy俊俏的男孩
• pretty child可爱的孩子
• pretty compliment动听的恭维话
• pretty house漂亮的房子
• pretty idea听起来不错的主意
• pretty mess一团糟
• pretty music优美的音乐
• pretty pattern好看的花样
• pretty picture漂亮的画卷
• pretty scenes美景
• pretty tune好听的曲调
• pretty turn of phrase巧妙的措辞
• pretty wit敏捷的头脑

副词+～

• astonishingly pretty惊人地漂亮
• extremely pretty极其漂亮
• placidly pretty既温和又漂亮
• rather pretty相当漂亮
• remarkably pretty异常漂亮
• undeniably pretty不可否认地精致
• unexpectedly pretty料想不到得精致
• vastly pretty极其漂亮

词组短语

pretty soon不久

pretty good非常好

pretty much几乎

pretty girl漂亮女孩

pretty face漂亮脸蛋

pretty sure相当肯定

pretty woman漂亮女人；漂亮的女人

pretty boy漂亮男孩；脂粉气十足的男人；矫揉造作的男子

pretty penny一大笔钱；大数目之金钱

pretty soft[美国俚语]容易的；便当的；合算的

pretty pass尴尬，糟糕；困境

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

quite, rather, pretty, fairly

这组词都有“相当，颇”的意思，其区别是：

quite含义比fairly稍强，与不定冠词连用时，一般放在不定冠词之前。

rather语气比quite强，褒意贬意无可使用。可与too和比较级连用。

pretty用法与rather相似。常用于非正式文体。

fairly语意最弱，多用于褒义，表示适度地、尚可的意思。不可与too或比较级连用。

beautiful, handsome, pretty, good-looking

beautiful貌美动人，气质高雅；

handsome体态健美端庄；

pretty活泼可爱；

good-looking一般性“好看”

beautiful, lovely, handsome, fine, pretty, fair

这组词都有“美丽的，漂亮的”的意思，其区别是：

beautiful普通用词，含义广泛，语气最强，指优美和谐，是一种几乎接近完美的美。指人时通常形容女人或小孩，很少用于描写男子。

lovely普通用词，描写人时，主要指女人和小孩的相貌，语气不如beautiful强。

handsome多用于描写男性的英俊潇洒。有时也形容女人，指其五官端正，体态秀丽。

fine指在容貌、身材或风度等方面令人感到可爱。用于事物时，强调形式或内容的优美。

pretty普通用词，语气比beautiful弱，多用于描写妇女、儿童以及小巧玲珑，精美可爱之物。

fair正式用词，多用于文学中，形容女子和儿童，侧重外表的美。

双语例句

用作副词(adv.)

1. I am pretty sure that he'll say yes.
   他会同意的,我对此相当有把握。
2. After six months, I could speak Chinese pretty well.
   6个月之后,我就能讲相当好的汉语了。

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Rachel is a very pretty woman, just like her mother.
   瑞秋是一位很漂亮的女性,就像她的母亲一样。
2. What a pretty little garden!
   多么漂亮的小花园！
3. I want a window seat so that I can enjoy the pretty sights during the journey.
   我想要个靠窗的座位,好欣赏沿途的美景。
4. My new curtains have a pretty blue and red pattern.
   我的新窗帘有个很好看的红蓝相间的图案。
5. The pretty girl got so much flattery that it quite turned her head.
   这位好看的姑娘得到这么多的奉承，这使得她冲昏头脑。

用作名词(n.)

1. All the pretty women wore their smartest dresses.
   所有漂亮的女士都穿著最漂亮的连衫裙。
2. He is going after that pretty girl.
   他在追求那个漂亮的女孩子。

权威例句

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