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dear

Word family 
dear1 /dɪə $ dɪr/ ●●● S1 interjection → deer
Oh dear!/Dear oh dear!  (also Dear me! old-fashioned) used to show that you are surprised, upset, or annoyed because something bad has happened 天哪，天啊〔用來表示驚訝、不安或惱怒，因爲發生了糟糕的事〕
Oh dear, I’ve broken the lamp.
天啊，我把燈打碎了。
‘I think I’m getting a cold.’ ‘Dear oh dear!’
“我覺得我要感冒了。” “哦，天哪！”
dear2 ●●● W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp dearer, superlativesupl dearest)
n1. → Dear
2  British EnglishBrEEXPENSIVE expensive 貴的，昂貴的 OPP cheap
Cars are 59% dearer in Britain than in Europe.
汽車在英國比在歐洲大陸要貴出59%。
► see thesaurus at expensive
3  formalLOVE a dear friend or relative is very important to you and you love them a lot 〔朋友或親人〕親愛的，鐘愛的
Mark became a dear friend.
馬克已成爲一個親密的朋友。
be dear to somebody
His sister was very dear to him.
他的妹妹是他的心肝寶貝。
4  hold something dear to think that something is very important 珍視某物
Household economy was something my mother held very dear.
我母親非常重視家庭經濟。
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hold something dear• Everything I held dear was destroyed in the war.
5  dear old ... British EnglishBrE spoken used to describe someone or something in a way that shows your love or liking of them 親愛的…，可愛的…〔表示親暱或喜愛〕 SYN good old
Here we are, back in dear old Manchester!
我們到了，又回到可愛的曼徹斯特了！
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dear old ...• Just like my ball club in Saint Louis, my dear old chums the Cardinals.• That's a hundred more than dear old David Beckham gets from his Ferrari 550.• You had to talk to those dear old folk at the Empress and I don't blame you.• He was a dear old gentleman who was very kind to me.• So the evil monster had brought unhappiness and death to a dear old man who had never hurt anybody.• The Republicans, like Chambers, soon decided they wanted to go back to dear old Nixie.
6  for dear life writtenVERY if you run, fight, hold on etc for dear life, you do it as fast or as well as you can because you are afraid 〔因爲恐懼〕拼命地
She grasped the side of the boat and hung on for dear life.
她抓住船幫，死不鬆手。
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for dear life• Sherman held onto the bar for dear life.• The girl shut her eyes and gripped back for dear life.• The playing throughout the evening was truly superb, every instrumentalist bowing and blowing and thumping as though for dear life.• They often looked very strained to Anna, as if they were holding on to their loyalty for dear life.• With difficulty, he made his way towards her, Charlotte clinging to him for dear life.• It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan.• This wasn't easy either, because she was spooked and was clinging for dear life to the poor kid's hair.
7. the dear departed British EnglishBrE literary a person you love who has died 逝去的親人；亡故的好友
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the dear departed• Phoney psychics could milk their rich clients for years, charging fancy prices for rap sessions with the dear departed.
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dear• No, you can't have an ice-cream - they're too dear.• Those strawberries look a bit dear.• No family, he knew, had not suffered the bereavement or tragic maiming of some one near and dear.• Now Lizzy had taken all that her grandmother held dear and dragged it through the dirt.• Congratulations to you my dear brother on all your fine accomplishments in school.• The blue jacket is slightly dearer, but it's much better material.• Please pray for me in this, my dearest Cynthia.• Mark had become a dear friend.• Nina had had everything in the palm of her hand and now she had given Joe back to his dear little wife.• That's a hundred more than dear old David Beckham gets from his Ferrari 550.• The pity is that you married this lady, dear sir.• That was how she felt - as though those dear supporting figures of her childhood were once again hovering over her.
dear friend• He ... he only sees me as a ... a dear friend.• But if the while I think of thee, dear friend All losses are restored and sorrows end.• My dear friend, I beg you to let us go ahead with our plan.• By her patience and charity she eventually overcame opposition and became the advisor and dearest friend of the whole household.• Here a dear friend struck dead by a ball through the head or heart!• He was a dear friend to many and will be greatly and sadly missed.• A few days later Modigliani set him straight: My dear Friend, You're a fathead who doesn't understand a joke.
Dear
used before someone’s name or title to begin a letter 尊敬的，親愛的〔用在信函開頭某人姓名或頭銜前面〕
Dear Sir or Madam, ...
尊敬的先生或女士，…
Dear Mrs. Wilson, ...
尊敬的威爾遜夫人，…
Dear Meg, ...
親愛的梅格，…
→ dear
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Dear• Dear Dr. Ward:..• Dear Sally, ..
dear3 ●●○ S3 noun [countableC]
1  TALK TO somebodyLOVEused when speaking to someone you love 親愛的〔用於對所愛的人說話〕
How did the interview go, dear?
面試怎麽樣，親愛的？
2  TALK TO somebodyNOT KNOW spoken used when speaking in a friendly way to someone, especially someone who is much younger or much older than you. This use can sometimes sound rather patronizing 親愛的，乖乖〔尤用於對比自己年輕或年長許多的人說話，有時聽上去有居高臨下的味道〕
Can I help you, dear?
親愛的，我能爲你做什麽嗎？
Come along, my dear, take a seat.
來吧，親愛的，坐下吧。
3  NICE British EnglishBrE spoken someone who is kind and helpful 好人，可愛的人
Be a dear and make me a coffee.
做個好人給我弄杯咖啡吧。
4. old dear British EnglishBrEOLD/NOT NEW a fairly rude expression meaning an old woman 老太婆〔相當無禮的說法〕
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old dear• We were having tea at the same hotel when Mrs Harvey came in, with another old dear.• This week one old dear ignored her relatives and left £25,000 to her tortoise.• One old dear was doing her knitting.• The poor old dear has been having a hard time of late.• Or perhaps the two old dears together.• They were two old dears and good fun, but this one... well!
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dear• Make me some cheese on toast, there's a dear.• Oh, Charles dear, this is an honour you so richly deserve.• Make up your mind to please your lord, my dear.• You've not hurt your head, have you, my dear?• My dear, I don't in the least want to hurry you but I think you should go.• What's your name, dear?• We were having tea at the same hotel when Mrs Harvey came in, with another old dear.• They were two old dears and good fun, but this one... well!• Sophie dear, you do manage to look so very striking with so little in the way of decoration!
my dear• Anabelle, my dear, you must try some.• Will you try a little porridge with some honey, Dorothy, my dear?• I also say goodnight, my dearest love.• Will you forgive me, my dear Cully.• I know I should not allow one of my dearest friends to discover so late on of my romantic attachment ...• No cheat, I assure you, my dear Doctor.• I'd swing for you, my dear.• But to you, my dear, it will simply be a small cylinder of Balbazian steel, that wonderfully unbreachable metal.
dear4 adverbadv
cost somebody dear written to cause a lot of trouble and suffering for someone 使某人損失慘重；給某人帶來許多麻煩和痛苦
Carolyn’s marriage to Pete cost her dear.
與彼得的婚姻使卡羅琳痛苦不堪。
From Longman Business Dictionary
deardear /dɪədɪr/ adjectiveadj
1especially British EnglishBrE costing a lot of moneySYN EXPENSIVE
I could never afford a house around here - they’re far too dear.
2FINANCEBANKING if money is dear, INTEREST RATEs are high and it may be difficult and expensive to get loans from banks
At the time, money was dear and credit difficult.
Origin dear3
Old English deore

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