quite
音标发音
- 英式音标 [kwaɪt]
- 美式音标 [kwaɪt]
- 国际音标 [kwait]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adv.相当;完全;十分;很
用法辨析
- quite可用作加强语气的强势词,意思相当于汉语的“完全,十分”,常与没有比较级的形容词(如correct, unique等)以及表示极度的形容词或副词(如amazing, unbelievable, brilliantly等)连用。
- quite还可用作减弱语气的词,常与有比较级的形容词、副词连用,以改变这些词的强弱程度,意思是“不完全”,相当于汉语里的“还算,或多或少,差不多”。
- not quite意为“不完全地”,用来表示很小的差异,一般与没有比较级的形容词(如full, perfect等)连用。
- quite用来修饰作定语的形容词时,一般置于冠词之前,有时也可放在不定冠词a的后面,但只有当名词前有形容词时才能这样用; 严格地说, quite a用于修饰全句, a quite用于修饰单词。
- quite还可用作答语,意思是“同意,不错”“对的”,尤其用在英式英语中,此时quite相当于叹词。
- quite还可以修饰动词、分词及介词短语等。
- fairly,quite,rather以及pretty的比较:四个词均属于程度副词。Fairly一般修饰形容词与副词,表示很一般的程度。 quite一般修饰动词和名词,表示的程度要比fairly深一点。 rather一般修饰动词(尤其时感观动词)和名词,表示的程度比quite要更强烈一点,意为“比预期的还要多一些”。 pretty是非正式用语,修饰形容词与副词,表示的程度与rather相当。“How 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”与“all right”的表达方式。“quite right”指的是all right,而“all right”指的是quite right。偶有人会用“quite all right”,但表示的是all quite wrong。不过因该说法不合理,应尽量避免。
adv. (副词)
词组短语
- Quite satisfactory 中规中矩;比较满意
- quite little 相当多;不少
- quite correct 完全正确
- Quite enough 这么点儿;十分充足
- quite often 经常;很多时候;意思是时常
短语
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.