pretty
adj. 漂亮的; 美麗的; 賞心悅目的
adv. 很; 相當
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.
她是一個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.
惠特斯特布林仍然是一個非常漂亮的小鎮。
...comfortable sofas covered in a pretty floral print.
罩著漂亮的印花布的舒適沙發
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...
我很清楚她會怎麼做。
Pretty soon after my arrival I found lodgings.
我到達之後,很快就找到了住處。
Pretty much or pretty well means 'almost'.
His new government looks pretty much like the old one...
他的新政府看起來和舊政府沒什麼兩樣。
I travel pretty well every week.
我幾乎每週都出去旅行。
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.
戰爭開始的時候,他們認為自己境況不錯,因為他們糧食準備充足。
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
這些形容詞均含"美麗的,漂亮的"之意。
fairly, pretty, quite, rather
這些程度副詞都有"相當,頗"之意。
pretty much (或 nearly 或 well)
(非正式)幾乎;差不多
a pretty penny
(非正式)一大筆錢
pretty please
求求你(強調或討好的表達方式)
be sitting pretty
(非正式)佔優勢的,處於有利地位的
pretty much
大多數;幾乎全部
There the incidence of the cancer of the oesophagus was suspected to be pretty high.
估計那裡的食道癌發病率相當高.
We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.
招待我們的是一位穿粉紅色圍裙的漂亮姑娘.
The pretty girl got the eye as she walked past the boys on the street corner.
那位漂亮的姑娘走過大街拐角的時候引起了男孩們的注意.
You are pretty certain to be seen by someone who knows you.
你一定被認識你的人見到過.
He falls for every pretty girl at first sight.
對每一位漂亮的姑娘他都一見鍾情.