| 单词 | pretty |
| 释义 | pretty (prɪti ) Word forms: prettier , prettiest 1. adjective A2 If you describe someone as pretty, you mean that they are attractive. She's a very charming and very pretty girl. Synonyms: attractive, appealing, beautiful, sweet prettily (prɪtɪli ) adverb B1+ She smiled again, prettily. prettiness uncountable noun B1+ Her prettiness had been much admired. 2. adjective B1 A place or a thing that is pretty is attractive and pleasant, in a charming but not particularly unusual way. Whitstable is still a very pretty little town. ...comfortable sofas covered in a pretty floral print. Synonyms: pleasant, fine, pleasing, nice prettily adverb B1+ The living-room was prettily decorated. prettiness uncountable noun B1+ ...shells of quite unbelievable prettiness. 3. adverb [ADVERB adjective/adverb] B1 You can use pretty before an adjective or adverb to mean 'quite' or ' rather'. [informal] I had a pretty good idea what she was going to do. Pretty soon after my arrival I found lodgings. Synonyms: fairly, rather, quite, kind of [informal] 4. pretty much phrase B2 Pretty much or pretty well means ' almost'. [informal] His new government looks pretty much like the old one. I travel pretty well every week. 5. be sitting pretty phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone is sitting pretty, you mean that they are in a good, safe, or comfortable position. [informal] Compared with some, we are sitting pretty. 6. not a pretty sight phrase [verb-link PHRASE] If you say that someone or something is not a pretty sight, you mean that it is not pleasant to look at. [informal] The bathroom is not a pretty sight. The wallpaper's peeling, the tiles are crumbling. Idioms: sit pretty to be in a good, safe, or comfortable situation When the war started, they thought they were sitting pretty, because they had all that extra surplus grain. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: pretty quick To come off again losing after being in that position, is something I need to get out of my head pretty quick. Times, Sunday Times (2016) I need to get it out of my head pretty quick, get away for a bit. The Sun (2016) He got his shorts on pretty quick. The Sun (2016) So it may surprise you to hear they are actually pretty rare. The Sun Actually it's pretty rare that a young tree blows right down or snaps. Times, Sunday Times So hardly unknown, then but, you must admit, pretty rare. Times, Sunday Times It's pretty rare to have a good sighting of one but the deer themselves are not rare. Times, Sunday Times Its compact length allows it into tight spaces and it offers a hammer action - pretty rare on cordless drills. Times, Sunday Times It's pretty remarkable when you think about it. The Sun Even those of us who usually hate this sort of thing have to admit that it's pretty remarkable entertainment. Times, Sunday Times I mean, what they did was pretty remarkable and brave. Smithsonian Improvising melody in real time in front of an audience - that's a pretty remarkable thing to attempt. Times, Sunday Times It's pretty remarkable that we have turned it around. Times, Sunday Times I do tend to get cast in roles where the characters are pretty rough and very damaged. The Sun (2016) It's been pretty rough on her but I think she's beginning to get over the worst of it now. THE DEVIL'S DOOR Yet mentioning those giants reminds me that ' holy matrimony' has had a pretty rough ride in great art and literature. Times, Sunday Times (2018) And yet, it was pretty safe family viewing. Times, Sunday Times (2016) But these days all cars are pretty safe, so you need something to liven up that staid, boring image it had for a while. Times, Sunday Times (2014) I had a pretty scary few days, then it went as quickly as it had appeared. Times, Sunday Times He said he flew twice over the dam and it 'looks pretty scary' but was 'stable'. The Sun It's the classic age at which we separate from our parents and leave childhood behind, but it's pretty scary out there in adulthood, so she's buffeted by storms of conflict. Times, Sunday Times He's bagged some pretty serious talent this series. The Sun Well, first of all, you should know that we're pretty serious about confidentiality at group. Christianity Today Pretty serious, you'd think, with no time for petty politics. The Sun Pretty serious for those days. Times, Sunday Times I have also witnessed some pretty shocking scenes in my time. The Sun It badly affected his confidence and for all the battles we'd had when we were young about who was the best, it was pretty shocking. Times, Sunday Times And a pretty shocking one at that. The Sun It's pretty simple - cut the money down the middle. Times,Sunday Times It's pretty simple, really - if there's a glut of a particular seasonal veg or fruit, it's going to be great value and taste amazing. The Sun Like the game itself, feather bowling rules are pretty simple. Smithsonian It's a pretty simple formula but it works. Times, Sunday Times The rules of this party season's beauty engagement are pretty simple. Times, Sunday Times He's pretty smart and isn't afraid to put in the hard yards to achieve what he wants. Times, Sunday Times (2017) When you look at the punishment, it makes defrauding the taxpayer a pretty smart option, no? The Sun (2014) Although it''s hard to nail down these juveniles at this time of year he looks pretty smart. The Sun (2016) We opted for the nine-course tasting menu at 60 a head, which was pretty spectacular at times. Times, Sunday Times Many try, not all succeed, and it looks pretty spectacular. Times, Sunday Times Seventy-three competed last year so it's a pretty spectacular event. The Sun It all comes together in pretty spectacular style, ie, in completely implausible style. Times, Sunday Times Just as his golf follows a pretty straightforward formula, driver, pitching wedge, putt, so his attitude to triumph and disaster is less than complicated. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It was a pretty straightforward plan. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The Serbia defender has a pretty straightforward attitude to his role. Times, Sunday Times (2014) She has put some really good scores on the table and all her events look pretty strong. Times, Sunday Times You also have a pretty strong sense of density and texture, that are sort of like the color, if you will, of flash sonar. Smithsonian Mag There have been some pretty strong markers thrown down. Times, Sunday Times Here partner's diamonds are pretty strong and declarer's pretty weak, but after leading twice towards dummy, declarer will have two discards. Times, Sunday Times The parent has to counter that argument with some pretty strong arguments of their own. Times, Sunday Times `I'd like someone to have a look at that; I'm pretty sure it contains subliminal material, probably in the background music. THE GOSPEL MAKERS (2003) `And I'm pretty sure that right now she's unloading the rice without the original bill of lading. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002) He is pretty sure that donors who drop coins in collecting tins, leave legacies or give monthly by direct debit do not think so either. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Of course, I'm pretty sure he's fully informed about each and every one of my dates. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (2002) She was pretty sure that his kind of shopping would involve electronics boutiques and hi-tech warehouses. TICKLED PINK (2002) The sketch show format inevitably feels a little disjointed, while satirical targets such as birth control and organised religion now look pretty tame. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The audition was pretty tame to be honest, but it was a great experience for me. The Sun (2015) But this is pretty tame entertainment. Times, Sunday Times (2008) But it was pretty tame stuff between a side taking too long to attack and one happy to contain. The Sun (2015) We were pretty upset, thinking the umpires would take him off. The Sun There were a few people pretty upset. The Sun I was pretty upset after being on a bit of a high after carrying the flag a few days beforehand. The Sun I was pretty upset at the time. Times, Sunday Times We were pretty upset because we thought it was perfect for her at the time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other details are sparse - you get the franchise owner, address and stars for 'quality of service'; the latter are unexplained and pretty useless. Times, Sunday Times He says he was gifted the computer by the entrepreneur but thought it was 'pretty useless' at the time. The Sun It would be great to share some of the burden with my brother, but he's pretty useless in all of this. Times, Sunday Times Pretty useless, in my experience. Times, Sunday Times The lyrics are pretty weird and wonderful at times too. The Sun He just knows that it sounds pretty weird. Times, Sunday Times It feels pretty weird for the first few days, but after that most people find it the easiest diet they've ever been on. Times, Sunday Times Pretty weird few days, to be honest. The Sun In some ways, such as their propensity for farming aphids and regurgitating food into one another's mouths, black garden ants are pretty weird. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 漂亮的, 相当 Japanese: きれいな, かなり |
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