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precious

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pre·cious1 /ˈpreʃəs/ ●●○ adjectiveadj  
1 EMOTIONALsomething that is precious is valuable and important and should not be wasted or used without care 宝贵的
precious seconds/minutes/hours/time
 We cannot afford to waste precious time.
我们浪费不起宝贵的时间。
 planes delivering precious supplies of medicine and food
运送药品、食品等宝贵物资的飞机
 our planet’s precious resources
我们星球上的宝贵资源
2 VALUErare and worth a lot of money 珍稀的;贵重的
precious gem/stone/jewel
 a statue covered with precious jewels
嵌满贵重宝石的雕塑
5 see picture at 见图 stone
3 IMPORTANTprecious memories or possessions are important to you because they remind you of people you like or events in your life 〔记忆或拥有物〕珍贵的,宝贵的
precious to
 The doll is cracked and worn, but it’s precious to me because it was my mother’s.
这个娃娃又破又旧,可对我来说很宝贵,因为它是我妈妈用过的。
see thesaurus at valuable
4 [only before noun] spokenANNOY used to show that you are annoyed that someone seems to care too much about something 宝贝似的〔用于对某人似乎太过注重某事物表示反感〕
 I never touched your precious car!
我根本没碰过你的宝贝汽车!
5 spoken used to speak to someone you love, especially a baby or small child 宝贝〔对所爱之人,尤指对婴儿或小孩的称呼〕
 Come sit by me, precious.
坐到我旁边来,宝贝。
6 American EnglishAmE spoken used in order to describe someone or something that is small and pretty 可爱的 SYN cute
 The kids gave me that ornament. Isn’t it precious?
那件装饰品是孩子们送我的,是不是很可爱?
7 NATURAL formal too concerned about style or detail in your writing or speech, so that it does not seem natural 〔言辞〕矫揉造作的
 His early work is rather precious and juvenile.
他的早期作品相当做作而且幼稚。
preciously adverbadv
preciousness noun [uncountableU]
nCOLLOCATIONS
nouns
time
My time is precious, and I don't want to waste it.
seconds/moments/minutes/hours
We knew we only had a few more precious hours together.
resources
The government has squandered the country’s precious resources.
commodity
Water is a precious commodity.
asset
The organization’s most precious asset is its staff.
gift
Her illness made her appreciate more the precious gift of life.
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precious2 adverbadv informal  
precious little/few informal LITTLE/NOT MUCHvery little or very few 非常少
 I had precious little time for reading.
我很少有时间看书。
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Origin precious1
(1200-1300) Old French precios, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium; → PRICE1

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