precious

• Time is precious to me .
  我的时间非常珍贵。
• He repaired to the house of a jew, a dealer in precious stones .
  他走到一个经营珠宝的犹太人家里。
• All this would consume time, the most precious element of all .
  如此一来，难免要虚掷极宝贵的时间了。
• Your papa's got the small-pox, and you know it precious well .
  你爸爸得的是天花，你知道的比谁都清楚。
• Every moment is precious now, and that would save a good deal of time .
  现在是一刻值千金，这样会节省很多时间。
• Quick as a wink, the lame mouse snatched up the precious talisman .
  说时迟那时快，跛足的老鼠一把抓住宝贵的法宝。
• He would give that precious young man a piece of his mind tonight .
  今夜他要和这矫揉造作的青年人推心置腹地谈一谈。
• Nobody will permit nothing to stop them from delivering their precious cargo .
  谁也不能阻止他们运送这种珍贵的货物。
• The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone .
  城墙的根基是用各样宝石修饰的。
• It was not subtle war, and there were precious few complications .
  那并不是一场微妙的战争，极少出现错综复杂的情况。