(adj.) of high worth or cost; 'diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones' .
(adv.) extremely; 'there is precious little time left'.
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双语例句
At last he grasped the manuscript upon which Jane Porter had been writing, and as cautiously withdrew his arm and hand, holding the precious treasure. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
Your favourable opinion then, my Precious, does less than justice to Mr Boffin, and more than justice to me. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
So he said, My precious little woman, what are you doing here? 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
Business between you and me being out of the question to-day, young man, and my time being precious,' said Miss Jenny then, 'I'll make myself scarce. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
He chose the trade of a lapidary, or polisher of precious stones, an art which in that age was held in almost as high esteem as that of the painter or sculptor. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
They was, my lady, said Horrocks, and precious little else we get there neither. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
The twelve precious publications which I had scattered through the house, on the previous day; all returned to me by the doctor's orders! 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
One more minute of precious time would have saved him. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
I took up my bag-full of precious publications, feeling as if I could have gone on talking for hours. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
Yes,' replied the voice, 'and precious down in the mouth he has been. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
It seems to be a precious small one, if that's it,' said the boy. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Gold, then as now, was the most precious and therefore most portable, security. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Nor did I ask him what his precious situation was. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
We have got a precious one. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Yet it was used abundantly, and there was a steady flow of the precious metals eastward in exchange. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Silas Wegg, you are a precious old rascal. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
But time is precious. 欧内斯特·海明威.永别了,武器.
For many precious generations the new-lit fires of the human intelligence were to be seriously banked down by this by-product. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Why, my precious child,' returned her husband, laughing outright: 'how could I be jealous of him? 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
After rendering this general tribute to the port, Mr. Snagsby in his modesty coughs an apology behind his hand for drinking anything so precious. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
Everything that belongs to her, or is connected with her, is precious to me. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
Think how precious your time is, Gilmore, and don't throw it away. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
The facts and laws of physics, with the assistance of mathematical logic, never fail to furnish precious answers to such questions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
Devoid of parents, devoid of relations, devoid of flocks and herds, devoid of gold and silver and of precious stones. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
They must be held precious; they are kept carefully. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
How precious dull you are, Tommy! 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
Some one, then, was in that room where my precious treaty lay upon the table. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯回忆录.
Oh, mamma, mamma, I wish I had never gone to aunt Shaw's, and been all those precious years away from you! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
She's bad enough as it is, with her dreams and her methodee fancies, and her visions of cities with goulden gates and precious stones. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
It's more than a precious stone. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯历险记.