pretty有相当地;漂亮的;秀丽的;好看的等意思，那么你知道pretty的用法吗?下面跟着小编一起来学习一下，希望对大家的学习有所帮助!

pretty的用法大全：

pretty的用法1：pretty作形容词时，可以是一个带有讽刺含义的形容词。

He has made a pretty mess of the job.

他把自己的工作弄得真是够乱的。

pretty的用法2：pretty也作副词，但只可以修饰其他形容词或副词，表示“颇…”。绝不能修饰动词，否则副词形势应该是prettily。如在sit pretty(处于有利形势)的用法中，pretty是表语，没有修饰动词;

pretty的用法3：与其他表示“颇”的副词的区别：fairly仅指“相当”，程度较轻，修饰形容词、副词。quite程度较fairly稍重，修饰形容词、副词、动词和名词。rather要更重一些，修饰形容词、副词、动词和名词。pretty和rather程度相仿，但仅修饰形容词和副词，而且不正式。

pretty的用法例句：

1. She's going to be fine. She always was pretty strong.

她会好的。她一直都很强壮。

2. She was a shy, delicately pretty girl with enormous blue eyes.

她是一个害羞、娇美的女孩，长着一双大大的蓝眼睛。

3. His new government looks pretty much like the old one.

他的新政府看起来和旧政府没什么两样。

4. The policeman smiled at her. "Pretty dog."— "Oh well, thank you."

警察冲她笑了笑，“这狗真漂亮。”——“哦，谢谢。”

5. Philip was pretty miffed at being cut out of his father's will.

对于自己在父亲的遗嘱中被剥夺继承权这件事，菲利浦感到非常生气。

6. She was pretty and young, in a loose smocked sundress.

她年轻貌美，一身宽松的刺绣太阳裙。

7. I'm an orphan and pretty much grew up on my own.

我是个孤儿，差不多是靠自己长大的。

8. The effect is soft and pretty rather than drop-dead sexy.

给人的印象是柔和俏丽而不是吸人眼球的性感。

9. She decided that her doctor's advice sounded pretty good.

她认为医生的建议似乎很不错。

10. The guard eyeballed him pretty hard despite his pass.

虽然他有通行证，卫兵还是直勾勾地盯着他。

11. I had a pretty good idea what she was going to do.

我很清楚她会怎么做。

12. Despite the poor weather the fishing has been pretty good.

尽管天气恶劣，却渔获颇丰。

13. All in all, it appeared that a pretty depressing summer awaited Jones.

总之，等待琼斯的似乎是一个相当令人沮丧的夏天。

14. I'm pretty sure they slept together before they were married.

我敢肯定他们结婚之前就上过床了。

15. The quilt has pretty, scalloped edges and intricate quilting.

这条被子有漂亮的荷叶饰边，而且绗缝活做得也很精致。