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beautiful
adj
1 having beauty; giving pleasure to the senses or the mind 美丽的; 美观的; 美好的
a beautiful face, baby, flower, view, voice, poem, smell, morning 美妙的脸庞、婴儿、花朵、景物、声音、诗歌、气味、早晨
beautiful weather, music, chocolate 极好的天气、音乐、巧克力.
2 very satisfactory 极其满意的
The organization was beautiful. 组织工作极佳.
What beautiful timing! 时间正合适! beautiful, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
When describing people, beautiful and pretty are generally used of women and children, and handsome of men. 形容人的时候, beautiful和pretty一般用於妇女儿童, 而handsome则用於男子. They all relate to the pleasing appearance of the face. 这些词都可指容貌悦目. Beautiful is a serious and approving description, suggesting elegance and perfection. *beautiful是个有分量的、表示赞许的形容词, 含有高雅和完美的意思. Pretty may suggest a delicate feminine appearance and can be used disapprovingly of men. *pretty可指娇媚温柔的容貌, 但也可用於男子, 含贬义. Handsome may be applied to women and suggest dignity and maturity.*handsome可用於指妇女, 含有端庄和成熟的意思. Good-looking and attractive are used of both men and women. *good-looking和attractive用於男女均可. Fair (meaning `beautiful´) is archaic. *fair(作beautiful解的词义)已不通用. All these adjectives except attractive can be used of animals and all except good-looking with inanimate and abstract nouns 所有这些形容词, 除attractive外, 均可用於动物, 而除good-looking外, 均可与指无生命的和抽象的名词连用
a beautiful/an attractive voice 优美的[动人的]嗓子
a handsome/good-looking horse 漂亮的[好看的]马
a beautiful/pretty village 美丽的[漂亮的]村庄
a handsome/an attractive offer 优厚的[打动人的]条件.
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