precious是什么意思_precious怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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 ‘affected’ 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.).

词态变化

比较级 more precious;
最高级 most precious;
名词 preciousness;

1. Precious few homebuyers will notice any reduction in their monthly repayments.: 极少数购房者会注意到他们月还款额的减少。

2. The banks have had precious little to celebrate recently.: 银行最近没几件值得庆贺的事。

3. After four months in foreign parts, every hour at home was precious.: 在国外呆了4个月后，在家的每一刻都是宝贵的。

4. You don"t care about anything but yourself and your precious face.: 你什么都不关心，除了你自己和你那张娇贵的脸。

5. There was precious little about the cricket to animate the crowd.: 板球比赛能激起观众热情的地方很少。

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darling

favourite

fine

invaluable

loved

priceless

rare

valuable

precious opal 贵蛋白石

precious stone n.宝石

precious metals 【经】贵重金属

precious metal 贵金属

precious garnet 贵榴石

famous and precious 名贵

precious coral phr. 贵珊瑚

precious alloy 精密[贵金属]合金

precious wood 贵重木材

precious metals recovery 贵金属回收

这两个形容词均含“贵重的，有价值的”之意。
valuable指有相当价值，可高价出售的，或有用、有益的东西。
precious指因稀罕、不易得到而很值钱，或因本身的品质而具有极大的价值。

1. precious <===> appreciate.
2. price => precious, appreciate.