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    quite 的英语意思

    quitequite /kwaɪt/ predeterminer, adverb 查看全部语言翻译1 especially American English very, but not extremely很,但不是极其pretty:  The food in the cafeteria is usually quite good.食堂的饭菜通常相当不错。 His hair is quite thin on top now.他头顶的头发现在已经相当稀疏了。 Amy’s at college, and she’s doing quite well.艾米在上大学,她表现得相当好。quite a something He’s quite a good soccer player.他是个相当不错的足球运动员。GRAMMAR: Word order语法:词序You 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.quite a 置于形容词和名词之前:· 回答这些问题花了 quite a long time。✗不要说:It took a quite long time。2especially British English fairly, or to a small extent, but not very还算;有些,但不是非常pretty:  The film was quite good, but the book was much better.这部电影还算不错,但书要好得多。 I got a letter from Sylvia quite recently.我不久前收到了 Sylvia 的一封信。quite like/enjoy I quite like Chinese food.我还挺喜欢中国菜的。3quite a lot/bit/few a fairly large number or amount相当多的数量:  He’s got quite a lot of friends.他有相当多的朋友。 Quite a few towns are now banning cars from their shopping centres.相当多的城镇现在正禁止汽车进入购物中心。4[+adjective/adverb] British English completely完全,彻底:  I’m sorry. That’s quite impossible.很抱歉,那完全不可能。 What she’s suggesting is quite ridiculous!她提出的建议简直荒唐透顶! I think you’ve had quite enough to drink already!我觉得你已经喝得完全够了! That’s quite a different matter.那完全是另一回事。5not quite not completely不完全,不是彻底:  They weren’t quite ready so we waited in the car.他们还没有完全准备好,所以我们在车里等着。 I’m not quite sure where she lives.我不完全确定她住在哪里。 Dinner’s almost ready, but not quite.晚饭快好了,但还没完全好。6not quite why/what/where etc not exactly why, what, where etc不完全确定为什么、是什么、在哪里等:  The play wasn’t quite what we expected.这出戏不完全是我们所期待的那样。7quite a something/quite some something British English used before a noun to emphasize that something is very good, large, interesting etc用于名词前,强调某事物非常好、大、有趣等:  That was quite a party you had.你们办的那个派对真是了不起。 The engines make quite a noise.这些发动机发出的噪音相当大。 It’s quite some distance away.那里相当远。8quite 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时间了。9quite right British English used to show that you agree strongly with someone用于表示强烈赞同某人的说法:  ‘I refuse to do any more work.’ ‘Quite right. They can’t expect you to work for nothing.’"我不打算再做任何工作了。""完全正确。他们不能指望你白干。"10that’s quite all right British English used to reply to someone that you are not angry about something they have done用于回复某人,表示对其所做之事并不生气:  ‘I’m sorry we’re so late.’ ‘That’s quite all right.’"很抱歉我们来得这么晚。""完全没关系。"11 quite/quite so British English formal正式 used to show that you agree with what someone is saying用于表示同意某人所说的话 SYN  exactly:  ‘They really should have thought of this before.’ ‘Yes, quite.’"他们真的早该想到这点的。""是的,确实。"12quite something especially British English used to say that someone or something is very impressive用于表示某人或某事物令人印象深刻:  It’s quite something to walk out on stage in front of 20,000 people.走上台前,面对两万名观众,那真是了不起的事。