dear
adjective
uk/dɪər/us/dɪr/dearadjective(LOVED)
B2
lovedorlikedvery much:
亲爱的，心爱的；可爱的She was a very dearfriend.她是一位非常亲密的朋友。
He was very deartome.他是我非常亲近的人。
Thisplaceis very deartome - we came here onourhoneymoon.这个地方对我来讲非常亲切——我们曾到这里度过蜜月。
What a dear(= veryattractive)littlekitten!多么可爱的小猫啊！
Mydear Gina - hownicetoseeyou!我亲爱的吉娜——见到你真是太好了！
A1
used at thebeginningof alettertogreetthepersonyou are writing to:
（用于信的开头作问候语）亲爱的，尊敬的Dear Kerry/Mum and Dad/Ms Smith/Sir亲爱的克里／爸爸妈妈／史密斯女士／尊敬的先生
- We will alwaysrememberourdeardepartedfriends.
- Inlovingmemoryof my dearhusband, whodepartedthislifeon 5 May, 1978.
- My deardaughterarrangedthiswholeholidayfor me.
- Emily is such a dear,kindperson- she would neverhurtanyone.
- Look what those dearboyshaveboughtme for mybirthday!
Loving and in love
- absence
- absence makes the heart grow fonderidiom
- adore
- adoring
- adoringly
- adorkable
- dotty
- endearment
- ever-loving
- fall forsomeone
- fall in loveidiom
- lurve
- madly
- moon
- moon oversomeone/something
- pash
- shine
- steal
- treasure
- worship
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Written greetings
dearadjective(EXPENSIVE)
mainlyUKcomparativedearer|superlativedearest
costingtoo much:
昂贵的，高价的Thefoodwas good but very dear.这儿的饭菜不错，就是太贵。
Synonym
expensive
costing a lot of money
- expensiveHe thinks he's special with his expensive suits and fancy shoes.
- dearUKI find the veg too dear in that supermarket.
- costlyThey made several costly mistakes, including spending $60 million on shoddy machinery.
- priceyThe restaurants in town are a bit pricey.
- exclusiveThey have an apartment in an exclusive part of town.
Costing too much
- a bottomless pitidiom
- bottomless
- capital intensive
- cheap
- cheap at half the priceidiom
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom
- costsomeonea pretty pennyidiom
- costsomeonedearidiom
- daylight robbery
- exorbitant
- gouge
- non-competitive
- outprice
- overcharge
- pretty
- price fixing
- pricesomeoneout
- priceyourselfout of the marketidiom
- sight
- sky-high
Idiom
for dear life
dear
exclamation
informaluk/dɪər/us/dɪr/(also old-fashioneddearie)A2
used inexpressionsofanger,disappointment,sadness, orsurprise:
天哪（表示恼怒、失望、伤心、吃惊等）Ohdear! I'velostmykeysagain.哦，天哪！我又把钥匙弄丢了。
Dearme, it's already 4.30 and I said I'd behomeby 5.00!天哪，已经4点半了，我说过我5点前要到家的！
Dearieme, what amess!天哪，真是太乱了！
Linguistics: interjections
- aiyo
- alas and alackphrase
- attaboy
- attagirl
- auf Wiedersehen
- aw shucks
- figure
- goodo
- mazel tov
- more
- more power toyourelbow!idiom
- need
- need I say more?idiom
- no siridiom
- period
- small wonderidiom
- sweet
- the rest is historyidiom
- you seeidiom
- yum yum
dear
noun
uk/dɪər/us/dɪr/[Cusually singular]informal
akindperson:
善良的人，和善之人，好人Annie's such a dear - she'sbroughtmebreakfastinbedeverymorningthisweek.安妮可真是个大好人——这周她每天早上都把早饭送到我的床边。
[as form of address]
used toaddresssomeone youloveor are beingfriendlyto, not used between men:
亲爱的（亲切友好的称呼，不用于男子之间）Here'syourreceipt, dear.亲爱的，这是你的收据。
Would you like adrink, dear?亲爱的，你想喝一杯吗？
Lovely toseeyou,mydear.亲爱的，见到你真是太好了。
People having good qualities
- advertisement
- altruist
- angel
- beatify
- brick
- bunch
- gem
- mensch
- not be as black asyou arepaintedidiom
- paragon
- pet
- poppet
- poster child
- saint
- salt
- salt of the earthidiom
- softie
- sweetheart
- sweetie
- treasure
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