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| /kwaɪt/ |
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| 1 | to some degree
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| | 1a | fairly but not very 相当；颇；有几分 | | I was feeling quite tired after our walk. 我们散步后我觉得有几分疲倦。 | | They said the dog was quite badly injured. 他们说那条狗伤得相当重。 | | quite a good/big etc sth We had to wait for quite a long time. 我们得等相当长的一段时间。 | | There’ s quite a steep slope down to the river. 到那条河边有一段相当陡的斜坡。 | | He was quite a good musician. 他是位相当优秀的音乐家。 | |
| | 1b | to like or enjoy something , but not to a great degree 相当喜欢某事物 | | I quite like going to weddings, but I don’ t want to go to theirs. 我相当喜欢参加婚礼，但我不想去参加他们的。 | | We quite enjoyed our day out, in spite of the weather. 尽管天气不太好，我们出去这一天还是过得相当愉快。 | |
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| 2 | completely
completely 完全 |
| Are you quite sure you know what to do? 你确实知道该做什么吗？ |
| It’ s quite impossible to keep the house clean when all the children are here. 所有的孩子都在这里的时候想保持房子的干净是绝对不可能的。 |
| I don’ t quite understand the problem. 我不太明白这个问题。 |
| The drawing’ s not quite right. 这张草图画得不完全正确。 |
| They’ re doing a marvellous job, but they haven’ t quite finished. 他们干得非常出色，但还没有全做完。 |
| ‘Are you ready?’ ‘Not quite.’ “你准备好了吗？”“还差一点。” |
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| 3 | used for emphasis
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| | 3a | very 很；非常 | | The organizers have achieved something quite extraordinary. 演出的组织者已经取得了很了不起的成绩。 | | The hotel was dirty and the food was quite disgusting. 这家旅馆很脏，吃的东西也很恶心。 | |
| | 3b | used before a noun for emphasizing that something is unusual or interesting （后接名词表示强调）相当（不寻常或有趣） | | The news came as quite a surprise. 这个消息传来，令人大吃一惊。 | | It was quite a competition. 这是场相当精彩的比赛。 | | He’ s been renting the house for quite some time. 他租这栋房子已经很久了。 | | They have to walk home and it’ s quite some distance. 这段路相当远，他们却只好走路回家。 | |
| | 3c | very much the worst/the best etc 最糟糕/好的等 | | He’ s quite the most difficult person I’ ve ever met. 他是我见过的最难对付的人。 | | It’ s quite the best party I’ ve been to in a long time. 这是我很久以来参加过的最好的一次聚会。 | |
| | 3d | used for emphasizing your description or statement 确实 | | Young Cardew is quite the gentleman these days. 小卡迪尤这些日子来确实很有绅士风度。 | | I believe that shoulder-length hair is quite the fashion. 我认为齐肩发确实很流行。 | |
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| 4 | exactly
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| | 4a | used after a negative word to mean that something is not exactly correct or clear （用于否定词后面表示某事不完全正确或清楚）不大确切地，差不多 | | I’ m not sure that ‘respect’ is quite the right word. 我不能确定respect这个词是否恰当。 | | not quite what/why/how etc I don’ t know quite why you’ ve come here and I suggest you leave. 我不大明白你为什么来这里，我建议你离开。 | | We couldn’ t quite remember where you lived. 我们不大记得你住在哪里了。 | |
| | 4b | used for saying that something is the opposite of what has been suggested 恰恰相反 | | ‘Was he angry?’ ‘No, quite the opposite – he invited me to have dinner with him.’ “他生气了？”“不，恰恰相反，他请我跟他共进晚餐。” | |
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| 5 | BRITISH spoken used for showing that you agree
used for showing that you agree with what someone has said （用于表示赞同）可不是嘛 |
| ‘It’ s not the kind of behaviour we expect from a teacher.’ ‘Quite.’ “这不是我们所认为的教师应有的行为。”“可不是嘛。” |
| quite so ‘It is most important that the matter should be kept secret.’ ‘Quite so.’ “最重要的是这件事应该保密。”“没错。” |
| quite right ‘Some laws are meant to be broken.’ ‘Quite right.’ “有些法律是注定无法遵守的。”“说得对。” |
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| - | quite frankly/honestly spoken
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| used for expressing your opinion in a way that sounds sincere and direct |
| 坦率地说/老实说 |
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| Quite frankly, we will be very sorry to lose him. 坦率地说，失去他我们会感到非常遗憾。 |
| Quite honestly, I don’ t think there’ s anything to worry about. 老实说，我认为没有什么可担心的。 |
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| - | quite a lot/a bit/a few
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| a large number or amount |
| 许多；大量 |
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| With a penny you could buy quite a lot of sweets in those days. 那时候1便士能买许多的糖果。 |
| My family have moved around quite a bit since then. 我们家从那以后就一直在搬来搬去。 |
| His encouragement and interest inspired quite a few people to take up skiing. 他的鼓励和兴趣使不少人喜欢上了滑雪。 |
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| - | quite something spoken
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| used for saying that someone or something is very interesting or impressive |
| 很有趣的人（或事物）；令人印象深刻的人（或事物） |
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| I’ ll have to introduce you to her – she’ s quite something. 我得把你介绍给她，她是个很不寻常的人。 |
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| - | that’ s quite all right spoken
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| used when you reply to someone who has said they are sorry , in order to show them that you do not mind what they have done |
| 没关系（用于对别人道歉时的回答） |
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| ‘I hope I’ m not disturbing you?’ ‘No, that’ s quite all right.’ “希望我没有打搅你吧？”“没有，没关系。” |
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