| 正面 | 4021.precious 英 ['preʃəs]美 ['prɛʃəs]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. precious <===> appreciate.2. price => precious, appreciate.adj. 宝贵的；珍贵的；矫揉造作的n. (Precious)人名；(英)普雷舍斯，普雷舍丝(女名) 例句： 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。 precious 珍贵的来自拉丁语pretium,价格，价值，词源同price,prize.引申词义有价值的，值得珍惜的，珍贵的。 preciousprecious: [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, prizeprecious (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.)." |