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单词 precious
释义
precious
adjective
uk
/ˈpreʃ.əs/us
/ˈpreʃ.əs/

preciousadjective(VALUABLE)

B2
ofgreatvaluebecause of beingrare,expensive, orimportant:
珍贵的，宝贵的
a preciousgift珍贵的礼物
a preciousmoment/memory宝贵的时刻／记忆
Cleanwateris a preciouscommodityin manypartsof theworld.在世界上很多地方洁净的水是昂贵的商品。
You're so precioustome.你对我来说就是珍宝。
More examples
  • Themuseumisfullofrareand precioustreasures.
  • acollectionof preciousobjects
  • preciousstones
  • Hurry up now, you'rewastingprecioustime!
  • Thisletteris really precious to me because it's the last one that Peteeverwrote.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Expensive & luxurious
  • champagne
  • costliness
  • delicacy
  • expense
  • expensively
  • fancy
  • gold plate
  • graciousness
  • luxury goods
  • no expense is sparedidiom
  • opulent
  • premium-rate
  • prestige
  • priceless
  • sumptuously
  • super-deluxe
  • super-expensive
  • swish
  • upmarket
  • valuable
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preciousadjective(NOT NATURAL)

mainlyUKdisapproving
behavingin a veryformalandunnaturalway by giving too muchattentiontodetailsthat are notimportantandtryingtoo hard to beperfect:
过分讲究的，做作的
He's so preciousabouthisworkthat he never gets anything done.他对自己的活儿太讲究了，反而什么都做不成。
Don't youhatethe preciouswayshespeaks,pronouncingeachsingleconsonantsoprecisely.她讲话做作的样子真让人讨厌，每个辅音都发得那么准确。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Affected & insincere
  • affectation
  • affected
  • affectedly
  • archly
  • artificial
  • feyness
  • forced
  • fustian
  • glib
  • glibly
  • posey
  • preciously
  • preciousness
  • precocious
  • precociousness
  • theatricality
  • theatrically
  • tokenism
  • tokenistic
  • two-faced
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preciousadjective(SHOWING DISLIKE)

[before noun]informal
used toexpressdislikeand/oranger:
（表示讨厌和／或恼怒）宝贝似的
You andyourpreciouscar- it's all you'reinterestedin!你心里只有你和你那辆宝贝车！
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Expressions of anger
  • ay
  • bally
  • beg
  • biscuit
  • blast
  • blasted
  • bloody
  • dash
  • dickens
  • drat
  • egad
  • fie
  • flaming
  • flip
  • flipping
  • la
  • marry
  • need
  • put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it!idiom
  • rats
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Related word

preciousness
precious
adverb
informal
uk
/ˈpreʃ.əs/us
/ˈpreʃ.əs/
very:
极其，非常（同 very）
Lots ofpeoplewillstart, but preciousfewwillfinish.许多人将开始去做，但极少数能完成。
Becareful- you'll be preciouslittlehelpif you come backinjured.小心——如果你受了伤回来就帮不上什么忙了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Linguistics: very & extreme
  • abjectly
  • abundantly
  • beyond
  • biblical
  • blankly
  • completely
  • desperately
  • extreme
  • highly
  • positive
  • rank
  • raving
  • smack
  • spectacularly
  • such
  • terrible
  • terribly
  • unutterably
  • veritably
  • wonderfully
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(Definition ofpreciousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

precious| American Dictionary

precious
adjective
us
/ˈpreʃ·əs/

preciousadjective(VALUABLE)

of verygreatvalueorworth:
preciousmemories
Children areourmost preciousresource.
Preciousmetalsaregold,silver, andplatinum.
A preciousstoneis ajewel:
Diamonds andrubiesare preciousstones.
precious
adverb
infml
us
/ˈpreʃ·əs/

preciousadverb(VERY)

very:
Heearnsprecious littlemoney.
(Definition ofpreciousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprecious

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The continuous decline inprecious-metal content was the safety valve that made possible the stability of prices expressed in trade coins.
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Preciousmetal coinages and the mass disbursements of imported wine, attested in a few regions archaeologically, fit comfortably into an analysis of this kind.
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Look at it this way: in some moods, or in some contexts, one might think that human beings areprecious.
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One has taken care to use those that are most rare and mostpreciousin those places closest to the king's person.
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One can learn much from one's own errors andpreciouslittle from one's triumphs.
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The technology itself was simple enough for a child to figure out, and inexpensive enough that adults were notpreciousabout it.
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A procession of priests making an offering of blood or somethingprecious.
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We rely on them to cultivate a verypreciousnatural resource, brainpower, and they consume a significant part of total government expenditure.
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One final example of material evidence that indicates social inequality is metalwork, especially that produced inpreciousmetals.
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In addition, advances in surgical techniques increasingly allow for smaller biopsies, andprecioustissue samples are quickly exhausted.
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There werepreciousfew defenders of this institution.
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A literary work itself may also function as a crypt for this author, a way of holding onto someone or somethingpreciousyet problematic.
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Precioussubstances, needing environmental stability, are sometimes stored in chalk.
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In addition, it was necessary to recover thepreciousmetals from the waste produced by goldsmiths or in the minting of coins.
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Also, interpreting time isprecious, so routine consultations are missing the interpreting time as the interviews need an interpreter.
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