jewel
n
1
(a) precious stone (eg adiamond or a ruby) 宝石(如钻石或红宝石).
(b) ornament with such a stone or stones set in it 镶有宝石的装饰品; 珠宝
[attrib 作定语]
a jewel thief 盗珠宝的窃贼.
2 small precious stone, or piece of special glass, used in the machinery of a watch or compass (手表或罗盘内的)宝石轴承
a watch with 17 jewels 17钻的手表.
3 person or thing that is greatly valued 受珍视的人或物
He's always saying his wife is a real jewel. 他总说他的妻子是至宝.
a painting by Goya, the brightest jewel in his collection of art treasures 戈雅的画, 他所收藏的艺术珍品中最光彩夺目的一颗明珠.
it's ... it's important for Michelle to see us together more often.
让 Michelle看到我们更常在一起是……是很重要的。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃小亏占大便宜。
I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like