invaluable
adj
~ (to sb/sth) of value too high to be measured; extremely valuable 价值高得无法估量的; 极宝贵的
an invaluable collection of paintings 珍品画的收藏
invaluable help, advice, etc 宝贵的帮助、 意见等
Your help has been invaluable to us. 你对我们的帮助是非常宝贵的. invaluable, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
A few adjectives have misleading `negative' affixes such as in- or -less. 有几个形容词带有貌似`否定'的词缀, 如in-或-less.
1 Invaluable means `extremely valuable'. *invaluable意思是`极有价值的'. It is not the opposite of valuable, which is valueless (or worthless). 这个词并不是valuable的反义词, valuable的反义词是valueless(或worthless).
2 Priceless means `too valuable to be priced', ie `having a very high price'.*priceless意思是`贵重得无法定出价格的', 即`价格非常高的'.
3 Innumerable and numberless mean `too many to be counted' or `very numerous'. *innumerable和numberless 意思是`多得数不清的'或`极多的'.
4 Flammable and inflammable have the same meaning (opposite
non-flammable). *flammable和inflammable意思一样, 是`易燃的'(反义词是
non-flammable`不易燃的').
I've recently noticed that one of my work-mates is stealing.
我最近注意到,我的一个工友在行窃。
Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.