相当,很;非常;确实如此;
"quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"
同义词:rather
"you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"
"her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"
同义词:quite aquite an
"was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"
quite something非同寻常
quite a相当,完全;了不起的
quite good相当好
quite well相当好;十分好
quite a lot adj. 很多,非常多
quite some[美国口语]非常多,很多
quite a lot of非常多,相当多;许多
quite a while有一阵子,半天;相当长一段时间
quite a number of相当多的
quite right完全对,好极了
quite another另一回事;完全不同的
quite so正是如此;的确是这样
quite other完全不同的
quite a little相当多,很多
quite the contrary 恰恰相反 ,正相反
quite another story完全是另外一回事
quite all right没关系
quite correct完全正确
quite an event重要的事,大事
quite apart from更何况
这组词都有“相当,颇”的意思,其区别是:
quite含义比fairly稍强,与不定冠词连用时,一般放在不定冠词之前。
rather语气比quite强,褒意贬意无可使用。可与too和比较级连用。
pretty用法与rather相似。常用于非正式文体。
fairly语意最弱,多用于褒义,表示适度地、尚可的意思。不可与too或比较级连用。
quite 完全地,相当于completely, quite impossible
rather修饰比较级