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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4109 COCA: 3989
precious
preʃəs ˈprɛʃəs
1 ADJ-GRADED 宝贵的;珍贵的;贵重的 If you say that something such as a resource is precious, you mean that it is valuable and should not be wasted or used badly. 宝贵的;珍贵的;贵重的
  • After four months in foreign parts, every hour at home was precious.

    在国外呆了4个月后,在家的每一刻都是宝贵的。

  • A family break allows you to spend precious time together.

    家庭度假会让你们一起度过宝贵的时光。

  • Water is becoming an increasingly precious resource.

    水正成为日益珍贵的资源。

2 ADJ-GRADED 珍奇的;珍稀的 Precious objects and materials are worth a lot of money because they are rare. 珍奇的;珍稀的
  • ...jewellery and precious objects belonging to her mother.

    她妈妈的珠宝和珍奇物品

3 ADJ-GRADED 值得珍视的;可贵的;重要的 If something is precious to you, you regard it as important and do not want to lose it. 值得珍视的;可贵的;重要的
  • Her family's support is particularly precious to Josie. [+ to]

    家庭的支持对乔茜来说尤为可贵。

  • Mary left her most precious possession — a small bookcase — to her niece.

    玛丽把她最珍视的财产一个小书架,留给了她的侄女。

4 ADJ [ADJ n] 宝贝似的(强调对别人珍视的东西表示厌恶) People sometimes use precious to emphasize their dislike for things which other people think are important. 宝贝似的(强调对别人珍视的东西表示厌恶) [informal, emphasis]
  • You don't care about anything but yourself and your precious face.

    你什么都不关心,除了你自己和你那张娇贵的脸。

5 ADJ-GRADED 矫揉造作的;一本正经的 If you describe someone as precious, you mean that they behave in a formal and unnatural way. 矫揉造作的;一本正经的 [disapproval]
  • Actors, he decided, were too precious and neurotic.

    他认定演员们太做作,并且都神经兮兮的。

SYN affected, artificial, fastidious, twee [British , informal]
6 PHRASE 一点点;极少 If you say that there is precious little of something, you are emphasizing that there is very little of it, and that it would be better if there were more. Precious few has a similar meaning. 一点点;极少 [emphasis]
  • The banks have had precious little to celebrate recently.

    银行最近没几件值得庆贺的事。

  • Precious few homebuyers will notice any reduction in their monthly repayments.

    极少数购房者会注意到他们月还款额的减少。

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4109 COCA: 3989
precious

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBSbe寶貝become變得珍貴seem好像珍貴The people in his life seemed so precious to him now.他現在覺得對他而言他一生中遇到的人都值得珍惜。ADVERBextremely, very極為/非常珍貴incredibly, infinitely極其寶貴PREPOSITIONto對⋯來說寶貴You are infinitely precious to me.你是我的無價之寶。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4109 COCA: 3989
precious adj.
dear (precious possessions) valuable1 (precious stones)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4109 COCA: 3989
precious
Worth a lot of money: valuable, precious, priceless...
Loved, liked or wanted very much: dear, desirable, precious...
Rare and sought-after: rare, precious, scarce...
To exaggerate and overstate: aggrandise, aggrandize, exaggerate...

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