quite
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [kwa?t]
- 美式音標 [kwa?t]
- 國際音標 [kwait]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adv.相當;完全;十分;很
用法辨析
- quite可用作加強語氣的強勢詞,意思相當于漢語的“完全,十分”,常與沒有比較級的形容詞(如correct, unique等)以及表示極度的形容詞或副詞(如amazing, unbelievable, brilliantly等)連用。
- quite還可用作減弱語氣的詞,常與有比較級的形容詞、副詞連用,以改變這些詞的強弱程度,意思是“不完全”,相當于漢語里的“還算,或多或少,差不多”。
- not quite意為“不完全地”,用來表示很小的差異,一般與沒有比較級的形容詞(如full, perfect等)連用。
- quite用來修飾作定語的形容詞時,一般置于冠詞之前,有時也可放在不定冠詞a的后面,但只有當名詞前有形容詞時才能這樣用; 嚴格地說, quite a用于修飾全句, a quite用于修飾單詞。
- quite還可用作答語,意思是“同意,不錯”“對的”,尤其用在英式英語中,此時quite相當于嘆詞。
- quite還可以修飾動詞、分詞及介詞短語等。
- fairly,quite,rather以及pretty的比較:四個詞均屬于程度副詞。Fairly一般修飾形容詞與副詞,表示很一般的程度。 quite一般修飾動詞和名詞,表示的程度要比fairly深一點。 rather一般修飾動詞(尤其時感觀動詞)和名詞,表示的程度比quite要更強烈一點,意為“比預期的還要多一些”。 pretty是非正式用語,修飾形容詞與副詞,表示的程度與rather相當?!癏ow was the film?” “Fairly good. Not the best one I’ve seen this year.”“How was the film?” “Quite good. You ought to go.”“How was the film?” “Rather good. I was surprised.”“How’s things?” “Pretty good. You OK?”
- 可以有“quite right”與“all right”的表達方式。“quite right”指的是all right,而“all right”指的是quite right。偶有人會用“quite all right”,但表示的是all quite wrong。不過因該說法不合理,應盡量避免。
adv. (副詞)
詞組短語
- Quite satisfactory 中規(guī)中矩;比較滿意
- quite little 相當多;不少
- quite correct 完全正確
- Quite enough 這么點兒;十分充足
- quite often 經(jīng)常;很多時候;意思是時常
短語
英英字典
- completely
- a little or a lot but not completely
- You use quite to indicate that something is the case to a fairly great extent. Quite is less emphatic than "very" and "extremely."
- You use quite to emphasize what you are saying.
- You use quite after a negative to make what you are saying weaker or less definite.
- You use quite in front of a noun group to emphasize that a person or thing is very impressive or unusual.
- You can say quite to express your agreement with someone.