| 单词 | quite a something/quite some something |
| 释义 | quite a something/quite some somethingquite a something/quite some something British EnglishBrEUNUSUAL used before a noun to emphasize that something is very good, large, interesting etc 不寻常的；出众的；相当不错的〔用于名词前作强调〕 That was quite a party you had. 你的聚会搞得非常不错。 The engines make quite a noise. 引擎的声音很大。 It’s quite some distance away. 那儿相当远。 Examples from the Corpus quite a something/quite some something• In this kind of organization a directive style would be seen as quite out-of-place.• Let us start from an observation which may seem quite unconnected.• The breeding range of island species is small and therefore vulnerable, and the species themselves may be quite primitive.• The poll shows that Mr Livingstone's cross-party popularity is quite unprecedented.• The problem begins when we realize that some companies are actually quite genuine.• But some are quite skeptical of some of his initiatives.• Dorothy and I love the city, although our children have quite honestly had some problems.• Vassar was just becoming co-ed and there was a lot of tension and, quite frankly, some weird men. → quite a something/quite some something at quite(4) |
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