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pretty

Word family

pret·ty1 /ˈprɪti/ S1 W3 adverbadv [+adj/adverbadv] spoken

1 QUITE/FAIRLYfairly or more than a little 颇，相当

I’m pretty sure he’ll say yes.

我相当肯定他会同意的。

She still looks pretty miserable.

她看上去还是非常痛苦。

In written English, people usually avoid pretty and use fairly instead: 在书面英语中,人们一般避免使用 pretty ,而是用 fairly

The consequences of this are fairly obvious.

这件事的后果显而易见。

2 VERYvery 很，非常

Dinner at Luigi’s sounds pretty good to me.

到路易吉餐厅吃饭我看很不错嘛。

3 pretty well/much spoken ALMOSTalmost completely 差不多，几乎

He hit the ball pretty well exactly where he wanted it.

他击球很棒，差不多指哪儿打哪儿。

The guard left us pretty much alone.

看守几乎没来打扰我们。

They’re all pretty much the same.

他们全都差不多。

Examples from the Corpus

pretty well/much• Otherwise you have to walk the half block, but then you can see them pretty well.• It seemed to be pretty much an open and shut case of accidental death, apart from the problem of identifying him.• They have timed the deal pretty well, and not just from a weather outlook.• They know me pretty well here.• Once we would arrive at a place, Alistair seemed to leave Judy pretty much on her own.• Our point here is that at an abstract level, every organization values pretty much the same things.• Since I was there six years ago some things have changed and others have remained pretty much the same.• In 1992, Clinton had pretty much wrapped up the Democratic nomination by Super Tuesday.

4 pretty nearly spoken (also pretty near American EnglishAmE)ALMOST almost 几乎，差不多

The shock of Pat’s death pretty near killed Roy.

帕特去世的打击让罗伊几乎痛不欲生。

Examples from the Corpus

pretty nearly• This can be the case with ivory, which is pretty nearly tooth material.

→ be sitting pretty at sit(9)

Examples from the Corpus

pretty• It's pretty cold today.• Well, that was pretty dumb of me, to even consider doing something so demeaning, I thought.• Six o'clock? That's pretty early.• I thought the test was pretty easy.• Perception was pretty much neurophysiology: sensory inhibition, Mach band phenomena, iconic storage, and the like.• I felt pretty nervous going into the exam, but after I got started I loosened up some.• I had to divert him pretty quickly!• We are certainly setting pretty right now.• The problem is that the core looks pretty rotten.• I was pretty sure Dilip would find the dang about as interesting as mud.• "It's pretty tough work, " he wearily confessed.

pretty2 S2 W3 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp prettier, superlativesupl prettiest)

1 BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGa woman or child who is pretty has a nice attractive face 漂亮的，好看的，标致的

a pretty little girl

漂亮的小姑娘

Maria looks much prettier with her hair cut short.

玛丽亚把头发剪短好看多了。

► see thesaurus at beautiful

2 NICEsomething that is pretty is pleasant to look at or listen to but is not impressive 好看的，好听的，悦目的，悦耳的〔但未达到令人心动的程度〕

a pretty dress

漂亮的裙子

The tune is pretty.

曲调很好听。

What a pretty little garden!

多漂亮的小花园！

3 not a pretty sight UNPLEASANTvery unpleasant to look at – sometimes used humorously 不堪入目〔有时为幽默用法〕

After a night’s drinking, Al was not a pretty sight.

喝了一晚上的酒，阿尔已经不成人样了。

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not a pretty sight• Are you sure you want to come in? It's not a pretty sight.• Afterwards I visited the boys and they were not a pretty sight.• All directors, including Spielberg, grow up, and in this film the result is not a pretty sight.• He is not a pretty sight.• What these portraits give you is a glimpse of Lowry's psychic state, and it's not a pretty sight.• It's not a pretty sight to finish in a classic fire and fall position.• It is not a pretty sight to see people so hurt.

4 not just a pretty face spokenINTELLIGENT used humorously to say that someone is intelligent, when people think this is surprising 不仅相貌好，不只脸蛋漂亮〔幽默用法，用于表示某人聪明〕

I’m not just a pretty face, you know!

你要知道，我可不光是脸蛋漂亮！

5 come to a pretty pass old-fashionedSERIOUS SITUATION used to say that a very bad situation has developed 情况变得很糟糕

Things have come to a pretty pass, if you can’t say what you think without causing a fight.

如果你有话直说就一定会引起争吵，那就不妙了。

6. cost a pretty penny old-fashionedCOST to cost a lot of money 花费很多钱

7. pretty as a picture BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKING old-fashioned very pretty 非常漂亮的

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pretty as a picture• Property: Not quite as pretty as a picture A house committed to canvas is a house that's easy to sell.• Francesca was as pretty as a picture and apparently glowing with health.• Rachel looked as pretty as a picture, her lovely body warmly covered by a grey riding cloak lined with miniver fur.• She looked surprised, and threw up her hands, pretty as a picture, then began to set the chessmen afresh.

—prettily adverbadv

Charlotte sang very prettily.

夏洛特唱得非常好听。

—prettiness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

pretty• A very long time ago, she must have been pretty.• Then she added, My sister will be even prettier.• Nancy is younger than I am and much prettier.• She has a pretty face.• pretty flowers• A pretty girl like you should have a boyfriend.• Maureen's really pretty, isn't she?• Their pretty lace design is repeated on the side tables, lamps and blanket box.• They had an aquarium with lots of pretty little fish.• I felt really emotional as I gazed at her, realising how fast my pretty little girl was growing up.• And see how he always touches her head, gives her the prettiest ribbons for her braid?• They were far from being a pretty sight but he forced himself to carry out as thorough an investigation as he could.• We walked down the pretty, tree-lined avenue.• a pretty village on the Suffolk border• You have a really pretty voice.• The room was decorated with pretty wallpaper with yellow flowers on it.• What a pretty watch!• Doesn't she look pretty with her hair up?• She was at times a pretty woman.

Origin pretty2

Old English prættig “tricky”, from prætt “trick”