quite是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 completely -- 完全地，徹底地

  • The two situations are quite different. 兩種情況截然不同。

  • The colours almost match but not quite. 顏色差不多相配，但不完全協調。

  • I enjoyed her new book though it's not quite as good as her last one. 我喜歡她的新書，儘管沒有她上一本那麼好。

  • UK formal Are you quite sure you want to go? 你肯定想去嗎？

  • Quite honestly/frankly, the thought of it terrified me. 坦白/坦率地講，想到它我就害怕。

  • I don't quite know what to say. 我不太確定該說些甚麼。

  • I didn't quite catch what he said. 我不太懂他說的話。

  • "You'd think he could spare some money - he's not exactly poor." "Quite." 「你覺得他能省下一些錢來——他並不是真的很窮。」「是这样的」。

  • They have been working on this for quite some time. 他們已經在這上面做了很長時間的工作了。

  • That's quite a beard you've grown, young man! 你留的鬍子可真大，年輕人！

  • It was quite the worst dinner I have ever had. 那絕對是我吃過的最難吃的飯了。

• 1 a little or a lot but not completely -- 相當，很，頗

  • I'm quite tired but I can certainly walk a little further. 我有些累，但肯定還能再多走一會兒。

  • There was quite a lot of traffic today but yesterday was even busier. 今天的交通夠塞了，不過昨天更擁擠。

  • It was quite a difficult job. 那工作實在很難做。

  • He's quite attractive but not what I'd call gorgeous. 他相當有魅力，但稱不上是我心目中的美男子。

  • It would be quite a nuisance to write to everyone. 給所有人都寫信一定是件麻煩事。