pretty
adj. 漂亮的; 美丽的; 赏心悦目的
adv. 很; 相当
If you describe someone, especially a girl, as pretty, you mean that they look nice and are attractive in a delicate way.
She's a very charming and very pretty girl.
她是一个非常迷人的漂亮女孩。
A place or a thing that is pretty is attractive and pleasant, in a charming but not particularly unusual way.
Whitstable is still a very pretty little town.
惠特斯特布尔仍然是一个非常漂亮的小镇。
...comfortable sofas covered in a pretty floral print.
罩着漂亮的印花布的舒适沙发
You can use pretty before an adjective or adverb to mean 'quite' or 'rather'.
I had a pretty good idea what she was going to do...
我很清楚她会怎么做。
Pretty soon after my arrival I found lodgings.
我到达之后,很快就找到了住处。
Pretty much or pretty well means 'almost'.
His new government looks pretty much like the old one...
他的新政府看起来和旧政府没什么两样。
I travel pretty well every week.
我几乎每周都出去旅行。
If you say that someone is sitting pretty, you mean that they are in a good, safe, or comfortable position.
When the war started, they thought they were sitting pretty, because they had all that extra grain.
战争开始的时候,他们认为自己境况不错,因为他们粮食准备充足。
1. pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing;
2. (used ironically) unexpectedly bad;
1. used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain);
beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely, pretty, fine
这些形容词均含"美丽的,漂亮的"之意。
fairly, pretty, quite, rather
这些程度副词都有"相当,颇"之意。
pretty much (或 nearly 或 well)
(非正式)几乎;差不多
a pretty penny
(非正式)一大笔钱
pretty please
求求你(强调或讨好的表达方式)
be sitting pretty
(非正式)占优势的,处于有利地位的
pretty much
大多数;几乎全部
There the incidence of the cancer of the oesophagus was suspected to be pretty high.
估计那里的食道癌发病率相当高.
We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.
招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘.
The pretty girl got the eye as she walked past the boys on the street corner.
那位漂亮的姑娘走过大街拐角的时候引起了男孩们的注意.
You are pretty certain to be seen by someone who knows you.
你一定被认识你的人见到过.
He falls for every pretty girl at first sight.
对每一位漂亮的姑娘他都一见钟情.