Quite
[kwaɪt]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) to the greatest extent; completely; 'you're quite right'; 'she was quite alone'; 'was quite mistaken'; 'quite the opposite'; 'not quite finished'; 'did not quite make it'.
(adv.) to a degree (not used with a negative); 'quite tasty'; 'quite soon'; 'quite ill'; 'quite rich'.
(adv.) of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); 'her victory was quite something'; 'she's quite a girl'; 'quite a film'; 'quite a walk'; 'we've had quite an afternoon'.
(adv.) actually or truly or to an extreme; 'was quite a sudden change'; 'it's quite the thing to do'; 'quite the rage'; 'Quite so!'.
手打:瓦内萨--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t. & i.) See Quit.
(a.) Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.
(a.) To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.
伯娜丁整理
同義詞及近義詞：
ad. [1]. Completely, wholly, entirely, totally, perfectly.[2]. [Colloquial.] Very, considerably, in a great degree, to a great extent.
錄入:洛伦佐
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Perfectly, entirely, completely, wholly, truly, altogether, totally
ANT:Partially, imperfectly, barely, insufficiently, hardly
格里菲思校對
解釋/意思:
adv. completely: wholly: entirely.—Quite a little a good few: considerable; Quite so a phrase denoting assent in conversation.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I told his impudence that the gilt pestle and mortar was quite ornament enough; as if I was born, indeed, to be a country surgeon's wife! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Will was not quite contented, thinking that he would apparently have been of more importance if he had been disliked. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- And then commenced a train of thought quite new to me. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Permit me to mention one little instance, which, though it relates to myself, will not be quite uninteresting to you. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Which means, I suppose, that you are not quite clear about your case? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- On the second day he found his wife and Sir Percival whispering together quite familiar, close under the vestry of the church. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- These good people were absolutely ignorant that their land contained that which was quite as valuable as a gold-mine. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Mr. Bell quite startled me when he said, some idea of the kind--' 'Mr. Bell! 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The sitting was altogether very satisfactory; she was quite enough pleased with the first day's sketch to wish to go on. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- He had always meant to do something, and Amy's advice was quite unnecessary. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- My rescue from this kind of existence I considered quite hopeless, and abandoned, as such, altogether. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He went away and was gone quite a little while. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Excuse me, Lady Dedlock, says Mr. Tulkinghorn, quite unmoved. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- You've hit it, ma'am: it's quite certain that it was her, and nobody but her, that set it going. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- That is quite impossible, said I, and entirely out of the question. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The penniless Colonel became quite obsequious and respectful to the head of his house, and despised the milksop Pitt no longer. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- At last he was happily got down without any accident, and then he began to beat Mr. Guppy with a hoop-stick in quite a frantic manner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He was quite willing to tell me what his plan was, but I did not feel clear enough to understand it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- It is quite too transparent, and it was a very bad compliment when you said that it was impossible for me to solve so simple a question. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I am quite grieved for him, and very much frightened, and so is Sir Thomas; and how glad I should be if you were here to comfort me. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Still, said Maurice pertinently, the sun is still below the eastern side of the mountain, yet the air is quite warm. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- An inking roller, charged with an oily ink, is then passed over the stone and inks the drawing, but leaves all the other parts of the stone quite clean. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Now, Handel, I am quite free from the flavor of sour grapes, upon my soul and honor! 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Yet it was quite certain, from the absolute stillness, that we were in the country. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Oh, quite well! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- He was quite enchanting. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- If the question concerned an outfit for Borrioboola, Ma would know all about it and would be quite excited. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- We quite understand each other--don't we? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But if she does, I am quite sure you will find her sons able to defend their island, even against enmity and treachery. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- It is much shorter, and probably not quite so exact as that of the French taxes. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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