quite a

英 [kwaɪt ə]

美 [kwaɪt ə]

〈常褒〉不寻常的

英英释义

adv

• of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
  1. her victory was quite something
  2. she's quite a girl
  3. quite a film
  4. quite a walk
  5. we've had quite an afternoon
  Synonym:quitequite an

双语例句

• We rely quite a bit on ready-made meals — they are so convenient
  我们很是依赖现成食物——它们真的很方便。
• He was quite a skinny little boy
  他是个瘦得皮包骨头的小男孩。
• It gave us all quite a shock to learn that he had married again.
  听说他再婚了，我们都很吃惊。
• She was quite a looker before this happened.
  这事发生前她曾是个大美人。
• It has many omissions; even so, it is quite a useful reference book.
  那本书有许多遗漏之处，即使如此，尚不失为一本有用的参考书。
• He stayed for quite a time
  他呆了相当长的一段时间。
• Another unexpected event, though of quite a different order, occurred one evening in 1973
  1973年的一个夜晚，又发生了一件始料未及的事情，不过这两件事完全不同。
• That's really quite a forest.
  那片林子可大了去了。
• To give the devil his due, he is quite a conscientious worker.
  平心而论，他工作还是认真的。
• This box of glasses has been bumped about all the way here and quite a few pieces are broken.
  这箱玻璃杯一路上磕磕碰碰的，碎了不少。