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

• He's quite a serious person
  他是一个非常一本正经的人。
• Once upon a time, asking a woman if she has a job was quite a straightforward question.
  从前，问一位女性是否有工作是个相当简单直接的问题。
• We have lived here quite a number of years.
  我们在这儿住了好些年了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We talked on the telephone for quite a while.
  我们在电话里谈了好一阵子。
• To give the devil his due, he is quite a conscientious worker.
  平心而论，他工作还是认真的。
• Things have changed quite a bit
  情况发生了相当大的变化。
• 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。