| 词汇 | preciousness |
| 释义 | preciousness noun[ U ] uk /ˈpreʃ.əs.nəs/ us /ˈpreʃ.əs.nəs/ preciousnessnoun[U] (VALUE)the quality of being very valuable because of being rare, expensive, or important: 珍贵 I have always had a sense of the preciousness of life.我一直感悟到生命的可贵。 As an elder person, part of my role is to try to keep alive the preciousness of history.作为一个长者，我的部分职责是努力再现珍贵的历史。 He needs to understand the preciousness of the lives he has destroyed. He recited a Chinese proverb about the preciousness of spring showers for farmers. Mary assumed with delight that this was another special recognition of her preciousness. Expensive & luxurious be expensive to do champagne costliness costly expense expensively extravagance gold plate grandly lush luxuriant luxurious luxury luxury goods palatially plushly poshly poshness premium-rate ritzy preciousnessnoun[U] (BEHAVIOUR)mainly UKdisapproving behaviour that is very formal and unnatural because it gives too much attention to details that are not important and tries too hard to be perfect: 做作，矫情 As an actor, he has always tried to avoid preciousness.他一直努力避免成为一名做作的演员。 We don't want too much preciousness about our ingredients all being locally sourced and organic.我们的原料都来自当地，都是有机的，我们不想对其过度烹饪。 Some viewers have come to loathe his films for their preciousness. Her lyrics are clever without spiraling into preciousness. She is particular to the point of preciousness about her living environment. Affected & insincere affectation affected affectedly archly artificial feyness forced forcedly fustian glib phony-baloney piously ponce ponce about/around posey sugary super-smooth superslick talk the talk ... walk the walkidiom theatricality Seeprecious Examples of preciousnesspreciousness Other factors that may explain the condition of the plaques under consideration are the hardness and preciousness of jade. The fact that they are repeating units means that any tendency towards individual preciousness is tempered by larger imperatives of structure, function and economy. It has been said that multiple life-views would dilute the unique felt preciousness of this earthly life. It is a practice in which we are all, if not willing, at least consenting participants, and it shows that a certain reverence for or preciousness about embryos is misplaced. Perhaps one or two hours, if that, and we realise the preciousness of parliamentary time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That very preciousness is under threat at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those are examples of using the preciousness of time to benefit people's lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are becoming rather conspicuous by our preciousness in standing aside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It... is simply a song about seeing the preciousness of life, about trying to live our lives better and brighter. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They remind us of the preciousness of political freedom, the excellence of athletic futility, and the true value of friendship. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In this way, of cultural assimilation, the above mentioned solutions provides reasoning and preciousness for the paintings thatwe already admired for a long time. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Maintain an awareness of the preciousness of human life.:: 2. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Initially, being peaceful and knowing the preciousness of life, they try their utmost to prevent this meaningless and brutal fight by questioning the shogunate's motives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. You can complain about the preciousness of a lot of his movies, but they are unapologetically standing up for poetry. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Because she completely realizes the texts and mantras under her care, she reminds the practitioner of their preciousness and secrecy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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