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pretty
时间: 2023-07-02 16:36:31
小学初中高中四级六级考研
英 [ˈprɪti]
美 [ˈprɪti]

adj. 漂亮的;标致的;好看的;悦耳的;悦目的;好的;妙极了的

adv. 相当地;颇

n. 漂亮东西;漂亮的人;漂亮的孩子

v. 美化;使漂亮;使可爱

短语搭配
双语例句
  • I prettied his summary report a little bit.

    我稍微美化了一下他的总结报告。

  • I'm pretty sure this man was the one who saved me.

    我很确定就是这个人救了我。

  • This pretty attracted my attention deeply.

    这位美人深深吸引着我的注意力。

  • She looks pretty in this black dress.

    她穿着这条黑色裙子看上去很漂亮。

  • The house has four bedrooms, so it's pretty big.

    这座房子有4个卧室 因此相当大

  • She's got such a pretty daughter.

    她有一个如此漂亮的女儿

  • Wow, you look like you had a pretty big night last night!

    哇,你看起来好像昨天晚上大喝了一场!

  • For travel, Paris is pretty high up on my list.

    旅行的话,巴黎是我最想去的地方。

  • It costs a pretty penny to buy a house in Manhattan.

    在曼哈顿买一栋房子要花一大笔钱。

  • We spent a pretty penny on this new tv, but it was worth it!

    我们花了一大笔钱买这台新电视,但是很值!

  • It was a pretty low-key event. People were just casually chatting, mostly.

    那活动相当低调。基本上就是人们随意地聊聊天。

  • She looks beautiful. She obviously spent a pretty penny on that dress.

    她看上去很美丽。很明显她花了大价钱在那条裙子上。

  • Would you mind asking Paul to do it? I’m spread pretty thin right now.

    你能让Paul去做吗?我手头上工作太多了。

  • My connection is breaking up pretty bad.

    我信号很差。

  • It’s a pretty decent apartment: I’m just not sure I can afford it right now.

    这个公寓挺好的,我就是不确定我是否负担得起。

  • Actually, they’re offering a pretty decent salary package.

    实际上他们给的工资很合适。

  • This is a pretty established tradition in my country.

    这是我国的一个老习俗。

  • Hot dogs, which you can find pretty much anywhere in America, are not very good for your health.

    热狗在美国随处可见,这种食物对身体不好。

  • Let’s get going: this party is pretty boring.

    我们走吧,派对真无聊。

  • The future looks pretty black.

    前景看来很暗淡。

  • I'm pretty sure I'll be going.

    我相当肯定会去的。

  • The results were pretty good.

    结果相当不错。

  • The exam was pretty difficult.

    这场考试相当难。

  • Things are looking pretty good!

    形势看来很不错!

近义词
反义词
同根词

词根 pretty

单词辨析
  • 相当;颇

    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。

  • 美丽的;漂亮的

    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。

百科

Pretty香调以粉嫩花果香氛为基调,环绕清新柑橘、蜜桃香气、佐以馥郁而沉静人心的木香背景,烘托出顶级独家专利香味分子粉嫩花瓣Petalia与稀有的白牡丹花香香味,让这款香水更与众不同。

卫兰演唱歌曲,收录于专辑《Morning》。

释义
adj.

attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful or handsome

漂亮的,标致的,好看的

  • a pretty little girl with an engaging grin.

    一个带着迷人笑容的漂亮小女孩。

(of a thing)pleasing to the eye or the ear

(事物)悦目的;悦耳的

  • a pretty summer dress.

    好看的夏季连衣裙。

[attrib.]informal used ironically in expressions of annoyance or disgust

〈非正式〉 好的,妙极了的(表示不悦或厌恶的讽刺语)

  • he led me a pretty dance.

    他真让我转得晕了头。

adv.

informal to a moderately high degree; fairly

〈非正式〉 相当地;颇

  • he looked pretty fit for his age.

    就他这个年纪他看上去相当健康。

n.

informal an attractive thing, typically a pleasing but unnecessary accessory

〈非正式〉 漂亮东西(尤指悦人但不必要的小饰品)

  • he buys her lots of pretties bangles and rings and things.

    他总是给她买许多小玩意儿——镯子、戒指等不一而足。

used to refer in a condescending way to an attractive person

(以高人一等的口吻)漂亮的人;漂亮的孩子

  • six pretties in sequined leotards.

    穿着缀满闪光片的紧身服的六个小美人。

v.

make pretty or attractive

美化;使漂亮;使可爱

  • she'll be all prettied up and ready to go in an hour.

    她一小时后就会打扮得漂漂亮亮,准备出发。

短语
  • pretty much (或nearlywellinformal very nearly 〈非正式〉 几乎;差不多 the case is pretty well over. 这案子差不多结束了

  • a pretty penny informal a large sum of money 〈非正式〉 一大笔钱

  • pretty please used as an emphatic or wheedling form of request 求求你(强调或讨好的表达方式)

  • be sitting pretty informal be in an advantageous position or situation 〈非正式〉 占优势的,处于有利地位的 if she could get sponsors, she would be sitting pretty. 如果能得到赞助,她会极占优势

易错必背词
  • a pretty penny 一大笔钱

    真题例句:

    • People today will pay a pretty penny for stamps, toys, and video games.

      今天的人们会花一大笔钱买邮票、玩具和电子游戏。

      [连云港市 2021 中考 阅读理解]
词源

"Old English prettig; related to Middle Dutch pertich ‘brisk, clever', obsolete Dutch prettig ‘humorous, sporty', from a West Germanic base meaning ‘trick'. The sense development ‘deceitful, cunning, clever, skilful, admirable, pleasing, nice' has parallels in adjectives such as canny, fine, nice, etc."

考纲分布

6年出现 79

重要程度
  • 91%

    adv 相当; 非常

  • 6%

    adj 漂亮的

  • 3%

    phr (a pretty penny)一大笔钱

考纲释义
  • adv. 相当; 非常

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • It was a pretty usual question.

      这是一个很平常的问题。

      [2020年 河南省卷 阅读理解]
    • I'm pretty good at tennis.

      我网球打得很好。

      [2020年 江西省卷 阅读理解]
    • I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I'm used to it.

      一开始我觉得这很奇怪,但现在我已经习惯了。

      [2019年 黄冈市卷 阅读理解]
  • adj. 漂亮的

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • I think she looks much prettier with long hair than with short hair.

      我觉得她长发比短发好看多了。

      [2019年 杭州市卷 阅读理解]
    • That's the prettiest truck I've ever seen!

      这是我见过最漂亮的卡车!

      [2018年 重庆市卷 任务型阅读]
    • Many Westerners think tanned skin is prettier.

      许多西方人认为晒黑的皮肤更漂亮。

      [2018年 杭州市卷 完成句子]
  • phr. (a pretty penny)一大笔钱

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • People today will pay a pretty penny for stamps, toys, video games, board games, books, coins, and clothes.

      今天的人们会花一大笔钱买邮票、玩具、电子游戏、棋盘游戏、书、硬币和衣服。

      [2021年 连云港市卷 阅读理解]
必考短语
单词辨析
  • pretty常用于非正式文体。

  • quite与不定冠词连用时,一般放在不定冠词之前。

用法讲解
  • pretty作副词时,表“相当”,只用于修饰其他形容词或副词,不用于修饰动词。 示例:The game was pretty good. 这个游戏相当不错。

考纲分布

12年出现 25

重要程度
  • 72%

    adv 相当; 十分; 非常

  • 28%

    adj 漂亮的; 好看的

考纲释义
  • adv. 相当; 十分; 非常

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • Remember that you do have a pretty big schedule change coming up.

      记住,你的时间表会有很大的变化。

      [2021年 天津卷 阅读理解]
    • The arts clearly have a pretty positive impact on physical and psychological health.

      艺术显然对身体和心理健康有非常积极的影响。

      [2021年 天津卷 阅读理解]
    • It's been three weeks since he first started going, so Macy and I are pretty used to it now.

      他已经三周没去了,所以梅西和我现在已经很习惯了。

      [2018年 全国卷2 听力]
  • adj. 漂亮的; 好看的

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • She was extremely pretty, and her house was a reflection of herself , everything in good taste and in perfect order.

      她非常漂亮,她的房子是她自己的写照,一切都很有品位,井井有条。

      [2021年 浙江卷 语法填空]
    • We soon learned to identify different grasses like cockleburs, lamb's-quarters, foxtails, and the king of weeds, the pretty purple thistle.

      但我们很快就学会了识别不同的草类,比如苍耳、藜、狐尾草,还有杂草之王——漂亮的紫色蓟。

      [2021年 浙江卷 读后续写]
    • I have the prettiest dress here in a 12.

      我这里有最漂亮的12码裙子。

      [2021年 全国乙卷 听力]
考纲分布

9年出现 18

重要程度
  • 83%

    adv 相当; 非常

  • 17%

    adj 漂亮的

考纲释义
  • adv. 相当; 非常

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • It's pretty incredible how it has managed to hijack the genes of the algae (藻类) on which it feeds.

      令人难以置信的是它通过进食藻类来成功获取藻类基因的方式。

      [2019年 CET4 阅读理解]
    • When we think of animals and plants, we have a pretty good way of dividing them into two distinct groups one converts sunlight into energy and the other has to eat food to make its energy.

      当我们想到动植物时,我们有一个很好的方法将它们分为两个不同的类别,一个将阳光转化为能量,另一组必须吃食物来能制造量。

      [2019年 CET4 阅读理解]
    • Wondering if food is still OK to eat after it's dropped on the floor is a pretty common experience. And it's probably not a new one either.

      想知道食物掉在地上后是否还能吃,这是一种很常见的经历。而且这可能也不是什么新鲜事。

      [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]
    • Losing your ability to think and remember is pretty scary.

      失去思考和记忆的能力是相当可怕的。

      [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]
    • There are pretty clear differences between signs of dementia and age-related memory loss.

      痴呆症和与年龄相关的记忆力下降的迹象之间有相当明显的区别。

      [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]
  • adj. 漂亮的

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • Get outside, stretch your legs, do something cultural, buy yourself something tasty to eat or something pretty to wear.

      出去走走,伸伸腿,做些有文化的事情,给自己买些好吃的或者好看的衣服。

      [2020年 CET4 听力]
用法讲解
  • pretty作副词时,表“颇...”,只用于修饰其他形容词或副词,不用于修饰动词。 示例:The game was pretty good. 这个游戏相当不错。

考纲分布

9年出现 21

重要程度
  • 52%

    adv 相当; 非常

  • 48%

    adj 漂亮的

考纲释义
  • adv. 相当; 非常

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • So far, machines have a pretty hard time emulating creativity, arbitrary enough not to be predicted by a computer, and yet more than simple randomness.

      到目前为止,机器还很难模仿人类的创造力。人类的创造力极具任意性,但并非简单的随意性。在这一点上机器很难预测。

      [2019年 CET6 阅读理解]
    • Given that there's now over $1.3 trillion in student loans on the books, it's pretty clear that many students are far from sensible.

      考虑到现在账面上有超过1.3万亿美元的学生贷款项目,很明显许多学生并不明智。

      [2018年 CET6 阅读理解]
    • That's still pretty good, says one of the researchers, Ira Mackerel-Shlizerman.

      研究人员之一的艾拉·卡尔玛马赫施立泽曼说: “这个结果已经很好了。”

      [2018年 CET6 阅读理解]
  • adj. 漂亮的

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

必考短语
用法讲解
  • pretty作副词时,表“颇...”,只用于修饰其他形容词或副词,不用于修饰动词。 示例:The game was pretty good. 这个游戏相当不错。

考纲分布

16年出现 9

重要程度
  • 67%

    adv 相当; 非常

  • 22%

    adj/n 标致的; 漂亮的人

  • 11%

    phr (pretty much)几乎; 差不多

考纲释义
  • adv. 相当; 非常

    英文释义:

    very

    真题例句:

    • Unexpected results have two benefits: you pretty quickly learn to deal with disappointment and realize that when one door closes, another opens.

      意想不到的结果有两个好处: 你很快会学会处理失望,并意识到当一扇门关闭,会有另一扇窗打开。

      [2022年 英语二 翻译]
    • That's actually a pretty large effect for a pretty small intervention.

      很小的干预实际上会造成很大的影响。

      [2022年 英语二 阅读理解A]
    • The danger will come with Charles, who has both an expensive taste of lifestyle and a pretty hierarchical view of the world.

      危险将随着查尔斯而来,他不仅有昂贵的生活方式品味,而且对世界有着相当的等级观念。

      [2015年 英语一 阅读理解A]
  • adj/n. 标致的; 漂亮的人

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • In the Across the Park, a long-haired stroller is variously smiled at by a pretty girl.

      在《公园的另一边》这幅作品中,展现了一个留着长发的流浪汉,被一位美丽的姑娘以各种姿态的微笑看着。

      [2014年 英语二 阅读理解B]
    • Pretty in pink: adult women do not remember being so obsessed with the colour, yet it is pervasive in our young girls' lives.

      漂亮的粉红色:成年女性不记得曾经如此痴迷于粉红色,但它在我们年轻女孩的生活中无处不在。

      [2012年 英语二 阅读理解A]
  • phr. (pretty much)几乎; 差不多

    英文释义:

    almost

    真题例句:

    • At work, people pretty much know what they're supposed to be doing: working, making money, doing the tasks in order to draw an income.

      在工作中,人们差不多知道他们该做什么:工作、挣钱、完成任务以赚取收入。

      [2015年 英语二 阅读理解A]
必考短语
单词辨析
  • pretty意为“漂亮的;好看的”,通常指青年女子或小孩俊俏标致,也可指东西精美雅致或花园山谷等秀丽。

  • attractive意为“有吸引力的;动人的”,指女子、物体或景色等美好可爱,看起来美观舒服而招人喜爱。

  • beautiful意为“美丽的”,可用于人、物、景色等许多方面,在修饰人时,指容貌美,一般习惯用于形容女人。

  • handsome意为“帅气的”,指男子英俊,女子身材俊美、端庄稳重、有风韵;也可修饰一般事物,表示轮廓端正和谐,外表秀丽美观。

  • Oh, she's pretty. Pretty, pretty girl, the pretty, she's pretty.

    她真漂亮,好漂亮,真好,真漂亮。

    《Friends Season 4》《老友记 第四季》

  • Pretty much, yeah.

    差不多就是这样。

    《Girl Meets World Season 2》《女孩成长记 第二季》

  • I want to be pretty. Just let me be pretty.

    我想变漂亮,让我变漂亮吧。

    《The Good Wife Season 5》《傲骨贤妻 第五季》

  • It means I'm pretty cool, pretty gansta. Oh, we are happy for you.

    这说明我很厉害,非常棒。真为你高兴。

    《The Good Wife Season 5》《傲骨贤妻 第五季》

  • You're so pretty.

    你真漂亮。

    《Friends Season 3》《老友记 第三季》

  • She's pretty, SpongeBob.

    她真漂亮,海绵宝宝。

    《The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie》《海绵宝宝历险记》

  • I know it sounds pretty boring, but actually, he does some pretty cool stuff.

    我知道这听起来可能很无聊,但实际上他做的东西非常酷。

    《Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles》《忍者神龟:变种时代》

  • I really did think you looked pretty.

    我真心觉得你今天很美。

    《The Big Bang Theory Season 8》《生活大爆炸 第八季》

  • No. Once these puppies touch the ground they're mine, and I'll have to wear them walking up and down Hollywood Boulevard in order to pay them off. Pretty, pretty, pretty.

    不,但这对小宝贝一旦沾地就属于我了,我就要穿着它们在好莱坞大道徘徊,好让它们物有所值,美啦,美啦,美啦。

    《The Big Bang Theory Season 4》《生活大爆炸 第四季》

  • Which includes anything Phil finds awesome. It's a pretty big umbrella. Big, pretty umbrellas, those are awesome.

    包含一切菲尔觉得很奇妙的东西,比如一把巨大的伞。巨大的美丽的伞,简直太奇妙了。

    《Modern Family Season 6 》《摩登家庭 第六季》

  • Yes, she was very pretty. She loved looking at herself in the mirror. I am so pretty.

    是的,她非常漂亮,她喜欢在镜子里看自己的样子。我真是太漂亮啦。

    《Peppa Pig Season 1》《小猪佩奇 第一季》

  • Jay says you're pretty determined.

    杰说你一心想进我们公司。

    《The Pursuit of Happyness》《当幸福来敲门》

  • I had a pretty cool dad.

    我有个很酷炫的爸爸。

    《Guardians of the Galaxy 2》《银河护卫队2》

  • Friendship Island is pretty good too.

    友谊岛也非常好。

    《Inside Out》《头脑特工队》

  • "Thou shalt not kill" seems pretty clear.

    "不可杀人"说的倒是很明确。

    《House of Cards Season 3》《纸牌屋 第三季》

  • Pretty fractured. Not much on it.

    都是一些碎片。没有多少信息。

    《Blade Runner 2049》《银翼杀手》

  • I mean, you do get that usually the monster chases the pretty girl, but this time the pretty girl chases the monsters?

    你明白通常都是怪物追美女,而这里是美女追怪物吧?

    《The Big Bang Theory Season 6》《生活大爆炸 第六季》

  • I don't know. She's pretty great.

    我不知道,她很好。

    《Friends Season 1》《老友记第一季》

  • Wow. Actually, this looks pretty good.

    哇哦!这件看起来不错。

    《Friends Season 10》《老友记 第十季》

  • Please. It's just so pretty and white.

    这个这么漂亮,而且是白的。

    《Friends Season 10》《老友记 第十季》

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enriched vt. 使肥沃;使充实;使富足;使富有;(enrich的过去式和过去分词)。adj. 更加丰富的

smetana n. 酸奶油;(Smetana)人名:斯美塔那

peeks n. 偷看;一瞥;(peek的复数)。v. 偷看;窥视;(peek的第三人称单数)

substantial increase 大幅度增加

chances of success 成功的机会;成功几率;成功的可能性

demoralizes 使士气低落

keep it together 保持一致

commit crimes 犯罪;犯下罪行;实施犯罪

natural fires 自然大火;自然火灾;自然火

more graphic 更多图形