| 单词 | quite |
| 释义 | quite /kwaɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 predeterminer, adverb 1 QUITE/FAIRLY especially American English very, but not extremely 非常，十分 → pretty The food in the cafeteria is usually quite good. 食堂的饭菜通常很不错。 His hair is quite thin on top now. 他头顶的头发现在很稀疏了。 Amy’s at college, and she’s doing quite well. 埃米在上大学，成绩很不错。quite a something He’s quite a good soccer player. 他是个相当不错的足球运动员。5 GRAMMAR 语法• Put quite before ‘a’ and an adjective and noun, not after ‘a’. quite放在a加形容词加名词之前，不放在a之后It took quite a long time (NOT不说a quite long time).这花了很长时间。n GRAMMAR: Word orderYou say quite a before an adjective and a noun: It took quite a long time to answer the questions. ✗Don’t say: It took a quite long time.2 especially British English fairly, or to a small extent, but not very 很；较为 → pretty The film was quite good, but the book was much better. 电影还不错，但书更好看。 I got a letter from Sylvia quite recently. 不久前我收到了西尔维娅的一封信。quite like/enjoy I quite like Chinese food. 我还挺喜欢中国菜的。3 quite a lot/bit/few LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa fairly large number or amount 许多，大量，不少 He’s got quite a lot of friends. 他的朋友很多。 Quite a few towns are now banning cars from their shopping centres. 现在有不少城镇禁止汽车驶入购物中心。4 [+adj/adverb] British EnglishVERY completely 完全；十分 I’m sorry. That’s quite impossible. 我很抱歉，那是完全不可能的。 What she’s suggesting is quite ridiculous! 她的建议太荒谬了！ I think you’ve had quite enough to drink already! 我想你喝得已经够多了！ That’s quite a different matter. 那完全是另一回事。5 not quite LITTLE/NOT VERYnot completely 不完全地 They weren’t quite ready so we waited in the car. 他们没有完全准备好，所以我们在车里等着。 I’m not quite sure where she lives. 我不太确定她住在哪儿。 Dinner’s almost ready, but not quite. 晚饭差不多好了，但还没有完全准备妥当。6 not quite why/what/where etc EXACTnot exactly why, what, where etc 不完全是因为/是…那样/是某地等 The play wasn’t quite what we expected. 该剧不像我们想的那么好。7 quite a something/quite some something British EnglishUNUSUAL used before a noun to emphasize that something is very good, large, interesting etc 不寻常的；出众的；相当不错的〔用于名词前作强调〕 That was quite a party you had. 你的聚会搞得非常不错。 The engines make quite a noise. 引擎的声音很大。 It’s quite some distance away. 那儿相当远。8 quite a/some time especially British English a fairly long time 相当长的时间 We’ve been waiting for quite some time now. 我们已经等了相当长的时间。9 quite right British EnglishAGREE used to show that you agree strongly with someone 完全正确 ‘I refuse to do any more work.’ ‘Quite right. They can’t expect you to work for nothing.’ “我拒绝再做任何事情了。”“说得对。他们不能让你无偿工作。”10 that’s quite all right British EnglishYES used to reply to someone that you are not angry about something they have done 没有关系 ‘I’m sorry we’re so late.’ ‘That’s quite all right.’ “很抱歉我们来得太晚了。”“没有关系。”11 quite/quite so British English formal used to show that you agree with what someone is saying 是这样，是的 SYN exactly ‘They really should have thought of this before.’ ‘Yes, quite.’ “他们之前确实就该想到这一点。”“正是。”12 quite something especially British EnglishGOOD/EXCELLENT used to say that someone or something is very impressive 令人难忘的人[事]；不寻常的人[事] It’s quite something to walk out on stage in front of 20,000 people. 上台面对两万名观众这很了不起。Examples from the Corpusquite impossible• And the Presbyterians are quite impossible.• For others, that is quite impossible.• It was purchased because the sound of the river made reaching him by any other means quite impossible.• Very unlikely, though perhaps not quite impossible.• Citrus shrubs are wonderfully fragrant evergreens, but quite impossible outdoors without protection.• Jack tried but it was quite impossible; the button, like the steering wheel, was red hot.• It is quite impossible to believe that he will fade from the scene on formal retirement in a few years' time.• So popular were the proscribed celebrations that it proved quite impossible to eradicate them completely.Origin quite (1300-1400) quit, quite “free of” ((13-19 centuries)), from Old French quite; → QUITquite predeterminer →5 GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2LDOCE OnlineChinese extremely very, Corpus but not |
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