| 词组 | quite |
| 释义 | Contents overview quitenot quitenot quite 564.511202quite a bit, few, lot, etcquite a bit, few, lot, etc, few, lot, etc 564.411459564 quite1two meaningsIn British English, quite has two common meanings. Compare:It's quite good, but it could be better. (= It's OK, not bad.)It's quite impossible. (= It's completely impossible.)Good is a 'gradable' adjective: things can be more or less good. With gradable words, quite usually means something similar to fairly or rather (for the differences, 460) in affirmative clauses. Impossible is non-gradable: things are either impossible or not; but they cannot be more or less impossible. With non-gradable words, quite means 'completely'. Compare:–I'm quite tired, but I can walk a bit further.I'm quite exhausted – I couldn't walk another step.–It's quite surprising. (similar to fairly surprising)It's quite amazing. (= absolutely amazing)–He speaks Portuguese quite well, but he's got a strong English accent.He speaks Portuguese quite perfectly.–I quite like her, but she's not one of my closest friends.Have you quite finished? (= Have you completely finished?)In American English quite with gradable adjectives more often means something like 'very', not 'fairly/rather'.2word order with nounsQuite can be used with a/an + noun. It normally comes before a/an if there is a gradable adjective or no adjective.It's quite a nice day.We watched quite an interesting film last night.She's quite a woman!The party was quite a success.With non-gradable adjectives, quite normally comes after a/an in British English.It was a quite perfect day. (AmE It was quite a perfect day.)Quite is sometimes used before the to mean 'exactly', 'completely'.He's going quite the wrong way.quite the opposite3comparisonsQuite is not used directly before comparatives.She's rather / much / a bit older than me. (but not She's quite older …)But we use quite better to mean 'completely recovered' (from an illness).Quite similar means 'fairly/rather similar'; quite different means 'completely different'.4quite a bit/few/lot, etcQuite a bit and quite a few (informal) mean almost the same as quite a lot.We're having quite a bit of trouble with the kids just now.We thought nobody would be there, but actually quite a few people came.5not quiteNot quite means 'not completely' or 'not exactly'. It can be used before adjectives, adverbs, verbs and nouns, including nouns with the.I'm not quite ready – won't be a minute.She didn't run quite fast enough for a record.I don't quite agree.That's not quite the colour I wanted.Previous Next |
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