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precious除常作形容词用,作“珍贵的;宝贵的”解外,它还可以用作副词,相当于very,往往同little或few连用。例如:1.Scientists know precious little about it.科学家对此知道得很少。2.I have precious little(=very little)money left.我只有很少一点儿钱了。
In addition to being often used as an adjective, precious can also be used as an adverb, as a “precious, precious” solution. It is equivalent to “very” and is often used in conjunction with little orfew. For example: 1. Scientists know precious little about it. Scientists know little about this. 2.I have precious little (=very little)money left. I only have a little money.