一、pretty的詞義辨析：

　　pretty, beautiful, good-looking, handsome這組形容詞都可用于形容人或物,指“美麗”。其區(qū)別是：

　　1、beautiful少用于男性; handsome用于男性,指“英俊”“瀟灑”; pretty偶爾用于男性時(shí)含貶義。例如:

　　He is young and handsome.他既年輕又英俊。

　　2、在修飾女性時(shí), beautiful指“漂亮”,表示令人愉快的和諧與完美,側(cè)重陰柔之美,氣質(zhì)高雅; handsome指“端莊健美”, pretty指“嬌小可愛”, good-looking僅指一般的好看。例如:

　�。�1）She is not really beautiful, but she looks pretty when she smiles.

　　她其實(shí)并不美,但笑起來很可愛。

　　（2）Some girls are good-looking; a few, but very few, are beautiful.

　　有些姑娘長得還算好看,但是稱得上 美麗動(dòng)人的卻很少。

　�。�3）Would you describe that woman as hand- some or beautiful?

　　你覺得那女子是體態(tài)端莊還是貌美動(dòng) 人?