1.亲爱的；宝贵的；珍视的loved by or important to sb
He's one of my dearest friends.他是我最亲密的朋友之一。
Her daughter is very dear to her.她的女儿是她心爱的宝贝。
2.（用于信函抬头的名字或头衔前）亲爱的used at the beginning of a letter before the name or title of the person that you are writing to
Dear Sir or Madam亲爱的先生╱女士
Dear Mrs Jones亲爱的琼斯太太
3.[nubn]昂贵；价格高expensive; costing a lot of money
Everything's so dear now, isn't it?现在什么东西都那么贵，是不是？
Dear old Sue! I knew she'd help.亲爱的休啊！我知道她会帮忙的。
Their baby's a dear little thing.他们的宝宝真是个小乖乖。
Dear old Sue! I knew she'd help.亲爱的休啊！我知道她会帮忙的。
Their baby's a dear little thing.他们的宝宝真是个小乖乖。
He had destroyed everything we held dear.他把我们珍视的一切都给毁了。
He had destroyed everything we held dear.他把我们珍视的一切都给毁了。
1.（惊奇、不安、烦恼、担忧等时说）啊，哎呀，糟糕，天哪used in expressions that show that you are surprised, upset, annoyed or worried
Oh dear ! I think I've lost my purse!糟糕，我可能把钱包给丢了！
Oh dear ! What a shame.天哪，太可惜啦！
Dear me ! What a mess!哎呀，真是一团糟！
Dear oh dear ! What are you going to do now?哎呀呀，你现在怎么办呢？
1.(informal)仁慈的人；可爱的人a kind person
Isn't he a dear?他不是很可爱吗？
Be a dear and fetch me my coat.劳驾把外套给我拿来。
2.（称呼所爱的人）亲爱的used when speaking to sb you love
Would you like a drink, dear?喝点什么吗，亲爱的？
Come here, my dear.上这儿来，亲爱的。
3.（对较年轻的人或孩子说话时用）亲爱的，乖乖used when speaking to sb in a friendly way, for example by an older person to a young person or a child
What's your name, dear?你叫什么名字，亲爱的？
1.高价地；昂贵地at a high price
to buy cheap and sell dear贱买贵卖
Despite dearer oil, the prospects for global growth are still better than they were at the beginning of the year.
尽管油价上涨，全球经济增长的前景还是比年初的时候更好。
The child to be born at Randalls must be a tie there even dearer than herself; and Mrs. Weston's heart and time would be occupied by it.
兰多尔斯的孩子出世以后，那关系肯定要比她爱玛来得还亲，韦斯顿太太的心思和时间势必要全部花在那孩子身上。
Nothing dearer than feelings, but, I'm trying to forget my feelings of love.
没有什么比情感更珍贵，但我却试图忘掉爱之情感。
As to what is dearer to you than life, nothing can be so dear to a good citizen as the Republic.
至于说比你的生命更宝贵么，对于一个好公民而言，没有什么能比共和国更宝贵的了。
Beware of a scene that becomes too dear to you, dearer than the rest. It will usually be found that it is out of drawing.
当心一个场景会变得对你太宝贵，比其它的还要宝贵。通常发现这样会不协调。
Dearer copper or oil did not halt construction at Chinese shopping malls or convince Americans to sell their SUVs immediately.
Dearer铜和石油也没有停止在中国商场的建设或是停止游说美国立即销售他们的越野车。
No doubt farmers will meet higher prices with investment and more production, but dearer food is likely to persist for years (see article).
毫无疑问农民们将因价格提高而增加投资、提高产量，但是更贵的食品将持续好几年。
At the moment, however, future contracts are dearer than current ones, so commodities funds are losing money each time they roll them over.
而现今，期货合约价格高于现货价格，所以每次当基金买入这些合约他们都在赔钱。
Banks in vulnerable countries have already found money-market funding harder to come by, or at least dearer.
那些危急中的国家的银行已经感觉到，金融市场的资金不是那么容易获得的，或者至少利息很高。
But profit margins on foreign sales will improve and, with imports dearer, domestic producers will grab a bigger share of the home market.
但是国外销售的利润率会提高，并且随着进口价格上扬，英国生产商会在国内市场中占有更大份额的。
This non-linearity applies to currencies' values, too: the likelihood of a crash escalates as a currency becomes ever dearer.
这个非线性模型同样适用于货币价值：破产的可能性逐步升级为货币变得越加珍贵。
They then pass on the cost in the form of dearer prices, cheating workers of a higher real wage.
然后他们提升商品价格以冲销这部分成本，因此实际工资的提高只是对雇员们的欺骗。
Dearer pump prices set off a scramble to swap gas-guzzlers for smaller vehicles, which in turn led to a collapse of residual values.
油价暴涨促使许多人将大排量汽车换为小排量汽车，此举引发了汽车残余价值的大幅缩水。
Dearer, scarcer credit is not the only reason.
稀少的信贷不是唯一的原因。
Labour shortages and the demands of a richer population have also led to dearer food and exported goods.
劳动力的短缺和新兴财富群体的出现也使得食品和出口产品变得越来越贵。
And nothing is dearer to poets than singing the marvels wrought by sorceresses by means of incantations.
对诗人们来说，没有什么事情比歌唱巫师们用符咒所造成的奇迹更加笃爱了。
As long as the central bank remains vigilant , other goods will just get cheaper or dearer , leaving overall prices unchanged .
只要中央银行保持警觉，其他货物要么变贵，或者变便宜都无妨，但是要保证总体物价水平不变。
Life is dear, love is dearer, both of them can be given up for freedom.
生命诚可贵，爱情价更高，若为自由故，两者介可抛。
Oil prices would be cheaper, whereas clothes, DVD players and computers would be dearer.
石油价格会更便宜，而服装、DVD播放机和电脑会更贵。
No wish could be any warmer than this, and no daughter could be any dearer than you. Happy Birthday! With Lots of Love!
没有什么祝愿比我们的更温馨，没有谁家的女儿比你更亲。生日快乐！爱你无比！
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