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pleasant or attractive 令人愉快的；宜人的；吸引人的 a nice day/smile/place 舒适的一天；舒心的微笑；宜人的地方 nice weather 好天气 Did you have a nice time? 你玩得痛快吗？ You look very nice. 你很好看。 We all had the flu last week—it wasn't very nice. 真不走运，上周我们都得了流感。 ‘Do you want to come, too?’ ‘Yes, that would be nice.’ “你也想来吗？” “是啊，很高兴来。” The nicest thing about her is that she never criticizes us. 她最大的好处就是从不批评我们。 It was a nice touch to end the film as it started. 电影一开始就结束了，这是一个很好的结尾。 - it is nice to do something
It's nice to know that somebody appreciates what I do. 知道有人欣赏我所做的事真让人开心。 Nice to meet you! (= a friendly greeting when you meet somebody for the first time) 很高兴见到你！ - It is nice doing something
It's been nice meeting you. 这次见到你真高兴。 - it is nice that…
It's nice that you can come with us. 你能和我们一起去真是太好了。 - it would be nice if…
It would be nice if he moved to London. 他要是搬到伦敦就好了。
Extra ExamplesIt's nice to have a few days off. 休息几天真好。 I cleaned the room to make it nice for the others when they came home. 我收拾了房间，让其他人回到家时觉得舒服。 It had not been a particularly nice experience. 那不是一次特别愉快的经历。 It's nice for Mum to get out more. 对妈妈来说，多到外面走走很不错。 That bread smells nice. 那面包闻起来不错。 If it's a nice day tomorrow, shall we go out? 要是明天天气好，我们出去消遣一下好吗？ The picture looks good and Dillon does a nice job behind the camera. 照片看起来不错，狄龙在镜头后面做得很好。 DeNiro added some nice touches of comedy to his role. 德尼罗为他的角色增添了一些喜剧色彩。 Other nice touches include serving bottled water instead of tap and warming the plates before the meal is served. 其他好的接触包括提供瓶装水而不是自来水，以及在上菜前加热盘子。 It would be nice to see a few more people at the next meeting. 下次会议能多见几个人就好了。 It's nice to see the old skills being used every now and then. 看到老技能时不时的被人利用，真好。 It is nice to have your efforts acknowledged. 很高兴你的努力得到了认可。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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used before adjectives or adverbs to emphasize how pleasant something is （用于形容词或副词前以加强语气） a nice hot bath 舒舒服服的热水浴 a nice long walk 长时间很愉快的散步 It's a nice little place you have here. 你这里舒适小巧。 - nice and…
He seemed nice and friendly. 他看起来很友好。 It was nice and warm yesterday. 昨天的天气暖洋洋的。 Everyone arrived nice and early. 大家都早早地到了。 I felt nice and cosy. 我感觉很舒适。
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kind; friendly 好心的；和蔼的；友好的 Our new neighbours are very nice. 我们的新邻居很和气。 He's a really nice guy. 他真是个好人。 She's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. 她是你见过的最好的人之一。 - nice to somebody
Be nice to me. I'm not feeling well. 我有点不舒服，对我好点。 - nice of somebody (to do something)
It was nice of them to invite us. 他们真好，邀请了我们。 - nice about something
I complained to the manager and he was very nice about it. 我向经理投诉，他态度很好。 I asked him in the nicest possible way to put his cigarette out. 我尽量客气地请他把香烟掐了。
Vocabulary Building Nice and very niceNice and very nicesee also Mr Nice GuyInstead of saying that something is nice or very nice, try to use more precise and interesting adjectives to describe things: - pleasant/perfect/beautiful weather
宜人的／理想的／风和日丽的天气 - a cosy/a comfortable/an attractive room
- a pleasant/an interesting/an enjoyable experience
- expensive/fashionable/smart clothes
昂贵的／时尚的／漂亮的衣服 - a kind/a charming/an interesting man
- The party was fun.
指某事物好或非常好，除了用 nice 或 very nice 外，尽量用更贴切更有意思的形容词。 The party was great. 这聚会真棒。 We had a brilliant weekend. 我们周末过得非常开心。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesa1Can't you be nice to each other for once? 你们就不能彼此好好相处一下吗？ an awfully nice man 一个大好人 Some of the boys were nice enough, but she didn't want to go out with them. 有些男孩子很不错，但她不想跟他们约会。 I'm sure she's perfectly nice really. 我敢肯定她真的是一个相当不错的人。 His mother sounded very nice on the phone. 他妈妈的声音在电话中听起来很亲切。 He was incredibly nice about it, though I am sure it caused him a lot of trouble. 我敢肯定这件事给他制造了很多麻烦，但他还是很好地解决了这件事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
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- extremely
- fairly
- very
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bad or unpleasant 坏的；令人不愉快的 - (formal)
involving a very small detail or difference 细微的；精细的 a nice point of law (= one that is difficult to decide) 法律上难以决断之处
pleasant/attractive令人愉快；吸引人
kind/friendly好心；友好
not nice不好
small details细节
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘stupid’): from Old French, from Latin nescius ‘ignorant’, from nescire ‘not know’. Other early senses included ‘coy, reserved’, giving rise to ‘fastidious, scrupulous’: this led both to the sense ‘fine, subtle’ (regarded by some as the “correct” sense), and to the main current senses.
Idioms
as nice as pie
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very kind and friendly, especially when you are not expecting it 非常友好的，很善良的（尤指出乎意料）
have a nice day!
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a friendly way of saying goodbye, especially to customers （与顾客道别时常用）再见
make nice (with somebody)
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to be pleasant or polite to somebody, especially when you do not really want to 坏的；令人不愉快的 He tried to make nice with his ex, even though he was still angry with her. 他试图和前任搞好关系，尽管他还在生她的气。 Cole and his opponent made nice for the cameras at the press event. 科尔和他的对手在新闻发布会上对镜头示好。
nice one!
nice work!
nice work if you can get it
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used when you wish that you had somebody’s success or good luck and think they have achieved it with little effort （认为对方耕耘少，收获多）能有这样的好事儿就好了 He was paid £200 for a ten-minute speech? Nice work if you can get it. 他10分钟演讲的报酬是200英镑？如果可以的话，干得不错。