【问】 She is quite a girl. quite a girl是什么意思? 【答】 这种结构仅用于口语。尤其是美国英语。这个结构中的名词虽然没有定语,但都暗含着一个形容词的概念(如不寻常的,了不起的): 1. Quite a gale blew up. (gale=strong wind) 刮起了好大的风。 2. She is quite a girl. (a girl=a very attractive girl) 她真是个迷人的姑娘。 3. Quite a crowd gathered. 集聚了好多好多的人。 4. That’s quite a story. 真是个有趣的故事。 5. He’s quite a gardener,you know. 你知道,他真是个不错的园丁。 6. It takes quite a time. 那要花很长的时间。 7. He is quite an expert on Roman coins. 他是一位相当了不起的罗马货币鉴赏家。 但是,名词前到底暗含着什么样形容词的概念,常常必须根据上下文才能确定: 1. Be more careful where you put your pen in future,I had quite a(very difficult) timefinding it. 以后要注意把钢笔放在什么地方,这次可叫我找苦了。 2. We had quite a(wonderful)time at your party last night. 昨天夜里在你们的聚会上玩得真是太快活了。 脱离上下文,很难断定,在party之前究竟暗含着一个什么样的形容词: That was quite a party. (noisy,nice,interesting,long or wild) 那真是一个不寻常的聚会(吵闹的?美好的?有趣的?很长的?疯狂的?)。