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实用单词 pretty 的常见用法汇总

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你可能知道形容词 “pretty” 可以表示某人是 “漂亮的”，这个词也可以形容事物是 “赏心悦目的”。不过，你知道 “pretty” 在非正式语境中作副词的用法吗？看视频，学习 “pretty” 的常见用法。

用法总结

1 形容词 “pretty” 常指某人（尤其女性）是 “漂亮的，标致的”。

Margo always tells her daughter that she's pretty.

She's kind, pretty, funny and intelligent. I love her! 

2 形容词 “pretty” 也可以表示事物或风景是 “赏心悦目的，精致美丽的”。

There's a very pretty view at the top of that hill.

What a pretty dress!

3 “Pretty” 作副词，适用于非正式语境中。副词 “pretty” 可以表示 “相当地”，类似于 “quite” 和 “rather”。

The house was built recently, it's pretty new.

I'm pretty sure I've locked the car. 

4 副词 “pretty” 也可起强调作用，表示 “很，非常”。

We went to bed at 2am, so we were pretty tired.

The food here is pretty bad. I won't come back.

5 副词短语 “pretty much” 和 “pretty well” 的意思是 “几乎全部地，差不多地”。

I think we've mentioned pretty well everything, so I guess we're pretty much finished. 

It's pretty much time to go! I've packed pretty well all my stuff.