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词组 bit
释义 bit

'a bit'


A bit means 'to a small extent or degree'.
The balance sheet is a bit like an end-of-term school report.
He was a bit deaf.
The bunch of poppies was getting a bit droopy.
You're doing it a bit better now.
Tonight he has been a bit naughty.

Note that you cannot use a bit with an adjective when the adjective is in front of a noun. You do not say, for example, 'He was a bit deaf man'.

Many other words and expressions can be used in a similar way to a bit. For graded lists, see section on degree in entry at ↑ Adverbials and section on submodifiers in entry at ↑ Adverbs.


'a bit of'


In conversation, you can use a bit of in front of 'a' and a noun. You do this to make a statement seem less extreme.
Our room was a bit of a mess too.
This question comes as a bit of a shock at first.


'a bit' with negatives


You can add a bit at the end of a negative statement to make it more strongly negative.
I don't like this a bit.
She hadn't changed a bit.


'not a bit'


You can use not a bit in front of an adjective to emphasize that someone or something does not have a particular quality. For example, if you say you are not a bit hungry, you mean you are not hungry at all.
They're not a bit interested.
I've found everyone so friendly, but not a bit inquisitive.


'for a bit'


For a bit means 'for a short period of time'.
She was silent for a bit.
Why can't we stay here for a bit?

Bit is also the past tense of 'bite'. See entry at ↑ bite.

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