内容简介
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.