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. 很 (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 (太)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。