precious
弥足珍贵,昂贵的,弥足珍贵的,昂贵
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Definitions
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- : of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- : highly esteemed for some spiritual, nonmaterial, or moral quality: precious memories.
- : dear; beloved: a precious child.
- : affectedly or excessively delicate, refined, or nice: precious manners.
- : flagrant; gross: a precious fool.
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- : a dearly beloved person; darling.
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- : extremely; very: She wastes precious little time.
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Examples
“We need to be able to direct our attention to which patients are most likely to benefit from, in this case, frankly, a relatively precious resource of high titre convalescent plasma,” Musser says.
Though the city’s planning department recently studied how sea level rise will affect its most precious assets, the threat hasn’t featured prominently in public discussion of the redevelopment plan.
Claiming that much of its business is an Israeli state secret, it has offered precious little public detail about its operations, customers, or safeguards.
Research-grade telescopes are a rare and precious commodity, and letting one sit idle for even a handful of nights is a drastic measure.
Lust motivates us to pursue a range of sexual partners—to explore and experiment with possible “mates”—while attraction encourages us to get selective, to conserve precious time and energy by coupling with someone specific.
Being there teaches you to think quickly, edit yourself, and not get too precious about your own work.
From a lyrical standpoint, there are precious few that can catch Kendrick.
Before preservationists could put a stop to it, he and other looters had raided and destroyed precious relics buried at the site.
Second, they threaten one of the most precious resources in our state: public education that is open to all children.
The precious cargo: two American humanitarian workers with Ebola.