precious
英 ['pre??s]
美['pr???s]
- adj. 寶貴的；珍貴的；矯揉造作的
- n. (Precious)人名；(英)普雷舍斯，普雷舍絲(女名)
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詞態(tài)變化
比較級:?more precious;最高級:?most precious;名詞:?preciousness;
助記提示
1. precious <===> appreciate.
2. price => precious, appreciate.
2. price => precious, appreciate.
中文詞源
precious 珍貴的
來自拉丁語pretium,價格，價值，詞源同price,prize.引申詞義有價值的，值得珍惜的，珍貴的。
英英釋意
- 1. characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for;
- "a cherished friend"
- "children are precious"
- "a treasured heirloom"
- "so good to feel wanted"
- 2. of high worth or cost;
- "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones"
- 3. obviously contrived to charm;
- "an insufferably precious performance"
- "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"
英文詞源
- precious
- precious: [13] Latin pretiōsus ‘expensive, valuable, precious’ was derived from pretium ‘price’ (source of English praise, price, and prize). English acquired it via Old French precios. The sense ‘a(chǎn)ffected’ was introduced from French in the early 18th century.
=> praise, price, prize - precious (adj.)
- mid-13c., from Old French precios "precious, costly, honorable, of great worth" (11c., Modern French précieux), from Latin pretiosus "costly, valuable," from pretium "value, worth, price" (see price (n.)). Meaning "over-refined" in English first recorded late 14c. In Johnson's day, it also had a secondary inverted sense of "worthless." Related: Preciously; preciousness.
- precious (n.)
- "beloved or dear person or object," 1706, from precious (adj.).
同義詞辨析
valuable, precious
這兩個形容詞均含"貴重的，有價值的"之意。
valuable： 指有相當價值，可高價出售的，或有用、有益的東西。
precious： 指因稀罕、不易得到而很值錢，或因本身的品質(zhì)而具有極大的價值。
考試真題
- The brain is a seemingly endless library, whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime's knowledge.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- It keeps our most precious memories until life's end.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- Contemporary artists have followed this tradition to create eggs that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and delicate.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- In college, time is scarce, and consequently, very precious.
出自-2016年12月聽力原文
- Genuine criticism creates a precious opening for an author to become better on his own terms—a process that is often extremely painful, but also almost always meaningful.
出自-2015年12月閱讀原文
- Bringing back unneeded equipment would have used up precious resources such as fuel.
2018年12月四級真題（第二套）聽力 Section C
- Certainly, you don't want to waste your precious hours on following the developments in a disorderly fashion, and miss important deadlines, confuse interview times or forget to follow up as a result.
2018年6月四級真題（第一套）聽力 Section C
- Genuine criticism creates a precious opening for an author to become better on his own terms— a process that is often extremely painful, but also almost always meaningful.
2015年12月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
- Just lengthening that second stage of full-time work may secure the financial assets needed for a 100-year life, but such persistent work will inevitably exhaust precious intangible assets such as productive skills, vitality, happiness, and friendship.
2019年6月四級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section B
- Wasting food means losing not only life-supporting nutrition but also precious resources, including land, water and energy.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
- Time has become more precious
出自-2014年6月聽力原文
- Once purchased and trained, this would allow the casual user to save money and time, freeing up precious space in our busy lives to read a good book.
2018年6月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section A
- Some of our all too precious time is being stolen.
2019年12月六級真題（第二套）聽力 Section C
- A Swiss study reported that while the weight of electronic goods represented by precious metals was relatively small in comParison to total waste, the concentration of gold and other precious metals was higher in so-called e-waste than in nature.
2015年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- Collection consists of masterworks in sculpture, colored glass, and precious objects from Europe dating from about the 9th to the 15th century.
2018年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- However, the two zookeepers didn't want to see the extinction of this precious species.
2019年高考英語江蘇卷 完形填空 原文
- Natural minerals contain more precious metals.
2015年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 選項
- The percentage of precious metals is heavy in e-waste.
2015年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 選項
- When the war was near, Alia was worried that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more precious to her than mountain of gold.
2017年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 完形填空 原文
詞組搭配
precious little/few
extremely little or few (used for emphasis)
極少的（用作強調(diào)）
police still know precious little about the dead man.
警察對那死去的男子仍然所知無幾。
實用場景例句
- a precious vase
- 稀世花瓶
牛津詞典
- The crown was set with precious jewels─diamonds, rubies and emeralds.
- 王冠上鑲嵌著稀世珍寶——有鉆石、紅寶石、綠寶石。
牛津詞典
- Clean water is a precious commodity in that part of the world.
- 在世界的那個地方，潔凈的水是寶貴的東西。
牛津詞典
- You're wasting precious time!
- 你在浪費寶貴的時間！
牛津詞典
- precious memories/possessions
- 珍貴的回憶 / 財物
牛津詞典
- I didn't touch your precious car!
- 我沒碰你那輛寶貝車！
牛津詞典
- [不可數(shù)名詞]the preciousness of an old friendship
- 悠久友誼的可貴
牛津詞典
- His writings reveal an unattractive preciousness of style.
- 他的文章流露出不討好的做作風格。
牛津詞典
- There's precious little to do in this town.
- 這個鎮(zhèn)上沒有多少可做的事。
牛津詞典
- After four months in foreign parts, every hour at home was precious...
- 在國外呆了4個月后，在家的每一刻都是寶貴的。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- A family break allows you to spend precious time together...
- 家庭度假會讓你們一起度過寶貴的時光。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...jewellery and precious objects belonging to her mother.
- 她媽媽的珠寶和珍奇物品
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Her family's support is particularly precious to Josie...
- 家庭的支持對喬茜來說尤為可貴。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Mary left her most precious possession — a small bookcase — to her niece.
- 瑪麗把她最珍視的財產(chǎn)——一個小書架，留給了她的侄女。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- You don't care about anything but yourself and your precious face.
- 你什么都不關心，除了你自己和你那張嬌貴的臉。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Actors, he decided, were too precious and neurotic.
- 他認定演員們太做作，并且都神經(jīng)兮兮的。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The banks have had precious little to celebrate recently...
- 銀行最近沒幾件值得慶賀的事。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Precious few homebuyers will notice any reduction in their monthly repayments.
- 極少數(shù)購房者會注意到他們月還款額的減少。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.
- 它們是我們祖先留下來的最寶貴的文化遺產(chǎn).
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Luckily our precious records were saved from the fire.
- 幸運地,我們這些珍貴的記錄從火災中搶救了出來.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Night hours in spring are extremely precious.
- 春宵一刻值千金.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- Don't fritter away your precious time.
- 大好時光,不可等閑度過.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- This precious mineral is found in many provinces.
- 許多省都有這種珍貴礦物.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- Spring rain is as precious as oil.
- 春雨貴如油.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》