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单词 precious
释义 pre·cious
I. \ˈpreshəs\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French precios, precieus, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium price, value + -osus -ous — more at price
1. : of great value or high price: as
 a. : of such extreme value that a suitable price is hard to estimate : priceless, invaluable
 b. of a gemstone : of highest value commercially because of its beauty, rarity, or hardness
2. : of great nonmaterial value : very highly esteemed or cherished : dear
 < we went up the wrong valley and lost several precious days — Heinrich Harrer >
 < a very useful report, with the precious qualities of objectivity, balance and good humor — advt >
3.
 a. : particular, fastidious
 b. : overnice, overrefined
  < divorced from the social instinct, thought … tends to become finicky and precious — Bertrand Russell >
 c. : affected, posing, hypocritical
  < have made culture appear to be a power in whose service people could grow dry, intolerant, and precious — Katharine F. Gerould >
4.
 a. : fine, great — used as an intensive
  < opened the territory to some precious scoundrels — American Guide Series: Oregon >
 b. : worthless — used ironically
  < nobody would care if he went to his precious Rome and stayed there — L.C.Douglas >
Synonyms: see costly
II. adverb
: extremely, very
 < no equipment and precious few drugs — Nevil Shute >
 < she actually has precious little to say about what roles she is going to play — Robert Trumbull >
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