动词短语
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| pretty [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | informal (improve appearance of) | SCSimplified Chinese 打扮 dǎ bàn
TCTraditional Chinese 打扮 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 使漂亮 dǎ bàn，shǐ piào liàng |
| | "We need to pretty you up," said her sister, "before Tom takes you to the dance!" |
| pretty [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | informal (adorn, embellish) | SCSimplified Chinese 美化, 装点 |
| | Your first draft isn't bad, but I think we can pretty it up a bit more. |
复合形式：
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a pretty kettle of fish,
a fine kettle of fish,
a kettle of fish n | figurative, informal (difficult situation) | SCSimplified Chinese 糟糕透顶 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 一塌糊涂 |
a pretty sum,
a pretty penny n | informal (money: considerable amount) | SCSimplified Chinese 数目可观 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 相当一大笔 |
| | I'd bet a pretty sum that the bankers will never give up their bonuses. |
| cost a pretty penny v expr | informal, figurative (be expensive) | SCSimplified Chinese 花费很多 huā fèi hěn duō
TCTraditional Chinese 花費很多 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 价格不菲 huā fèi hěn duō，jià gé bù fěi |
| | I bet that dress cost a pretty penny. |
| pretty as a picture adj | (girl: sweetly attractive) | SCSimplified Chinese 非常美丽 fēi cháng měi lì
TCTraditional Chinese 非常美麗 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 优美如画 fēi cháng měi lì ，yōu měi rú huà |
| | Sophie looks as pretty as a picture in her new dress. |
| pretty good adj | informal (reasonable, OK) | SCSimplified Chinese 相当好 xiāng dāng hǎo
TCTraditional Chinese 相當好 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 相当不错 xiāng dāng hǎo ，xiāng dāng bú cuò |
| | Her English isn't perfect yet, but it's pretty good. |
| pretty hard adj | informal (quite difficult) (非正式用语) | SCSimplified Chinese 相当难的，相当不容易的 xiāng dāng nán de，xiāng dāng bù róng yì de |
| | Wow! that test was pretty hard. |
| pretty hard adv | informal (severely) (非正式用语) | SCSimplified Chinese 相当凛冽地，相当严酷地 xiāng dāng lǐn liè de，xiāng dāng yán kù de |
| | (非正式用语) | SCSimplified Chinese 相当严厉地，相当严格地 xiāng dāng yán lì de，xiāng dāng yán gé de |
| | The car was hit pretty hard in the accident. |
| pretty hard adj | informal (quite firm or solid) (非正式用语) | SCSimplified Chinese 相当硬的 xiāng dāng yìng de
TCTraditional Chinese 相當硬的 |
| | That type of wood's pretty hard. |
| pretty much adv | informal (mostly) | SCSimplified Chinese 差不多 chà bù duō
TCTraditional Chinese 差不多 |
| | When you visit the South, you'll pretty much eat only fried food. |
| | 当你去南方的时候，你就差不多只能吃油炸食物了。 |
| pretty much the same adj | informal (very similar) | SCSimplified Chinese 差不多一样的 |
| | It hardly matters which candidate you vote for; they're all pretty much the same. |
| pretty much the same adv | (unchanged from earlier) | SCSimplified Chinese 差不多一样 chà bù duō yí yàng |
| | The state of the patient's health has stayed pretty much the same. |
| pretty near adj | informal (quite close) | SCSimplified Chinese 相当近的 xiāng dāng jìn de
TCTraditional Chinese 相當近的 |
| pretty near adv | US, informal (quite close) | SCSimplified Chinese 相当近地 xiāng dāng jìn de
TCTraditional Chinese 相當近地 |
| | They pretty near demolished the other team. |
| Pretty please? expr | informal (used to beg or cajole) | SCSimplified Chinese 求你了 |
| | Mommy, can I have two pieces of candy? Pretty please! |
| pretty soon adv | (in the near future) | SCSimplified Chinese 很快，不久之后 hěn kuài，bù jiǔ zhī hòu |
| | Pretty soon, the days will be long and hot. |
| pretty well adv | informal (quite successfully) (非正式用语) | SCSimplified Chinese 很不错，很成功，很好 hěn bú cuò，hěn chéng gōng，hěn hǎo |
| | I think that went pretty well. |
| | We worked pretty well together. |
| pretty well adv | informal (almost completely) (非正式用语) | SCSimplified Chinese 差不多，几乎 chà bù duō，jī hū
TCTraditional Chinese 差不多，幾乎 |
| | He pretty well won the game single-handedly. |
| be sitting pretty v expr | informal (in an advantageous position) | SCSimplified Chinese 处于优势地位 chǔ yú yōu shì dì wèi |
| be sitting pretty v expr | informal (well off) | SCSimplified Chinese 富有 fù yǒu
TCTraditional Chinese 富有 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 富足 fù yǒu，fù zú |
| | Her business is turning a good profit, so Sandra is sitting pretty. |