quite 英音: [kwait] 美音: [kwaɪt]

 

单词详解

adv.

A. 十分,完全,彻底 (to the greatest extent; completely)

Are you quite ready? 你完全准备好了吗?

The news is quite amazing. 这消息十分惊人。

I quite like some rock music. 我很喜欢某些摇滚乐。

She wore a hat quite out of fashion. 她戴着一顶完全过时的帽子。

B. 相当,颇 (to a degree, not used with a negative)

I quite like watching volleyball games. 我相当喜欢看排球比赛。

I find English quite difficult. 我发现英语相当难。

C. (to a great degree; very really)

Ann is quite pretty. 安妮长得很漂亮。

The film was quite enjoyable. 这部电影很有趣。

D. (用作回答)的确如此 (to agree with sb.)

He is quite drunk. 他确实喝醉了。

 

相关词组

1. quite a few 相当多,不少

He has quite a few friends. 他有不少的朋友。

2. quite a lot of 非常多的

Quite a lot of stuff has been stolen. 有不少东西被偷走了。

3. quite by chance/accident 很偶然,碰巧

We lighted on a stone cave quite by accident. 我们偶然地发现了一个石窟。

 

相关单词

近义词:quite, fairly, rather, very, too

 

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词语辨析:quite, fairly, rather, very, too

 

quite, fairly, rather, very, too

quite: 语气稍重,意为“颇”或“相当”与名词连用时,冠词放在quite之后。

fairly: 语气最轻,尽管经常与褒义词连用,但语气较弱。

rather: 在语气上又稍重一点,意为“十分”或“相当”,较正式; rather 还可以与比较级以及副词 too ()连用。

very: 语气最强,意为“很”或“非常”。

too: “太,很”常含贬义。与名词连用时,冠词放在too之后,如:too happy a person

 

词语详解

1. quite: 语气稍重,意为“颇”或“相当”与名词连用时,冠词放在quite之后。

She looked quite disappointed about it. 她对此显得相当失望。

I quite agree with you. 我完全同意你(的意见)。

2. fairly: 语气最轻,尽管经常与褒义词连用,但语气较弱。

This book is fairly easy. 这本书还算浅易。

3. rather: 在语气上又稍重一点,意为“十分”或“相当”(pretty 不如 rather 正式)。

She looked rather nervous. 她显得相当紧张。

4. very: 语气最强,意为“很”或“非常”。

You must be very tired. 你一定很累了。

5. too: “太,很”常含贬义。与名词连用时,冠词放在too之后,如:too happy a person

This room is too small. 这个房间太小了。

 

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