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

• Although this family put up quite a front, they really are not very well off.
  虽然这家人很会撑场面，其实并不富裕。
• We have lived here quite a number of years.
  我们在这儿住了好些年了。
• That's really quite a forest.
  那片林子可大了去了。
• He was quite a skinny little boy
  他是个瘦得皮包骨头的小男孩。
• I listened for quite a while, but heard nothing.
  我听了好一会儿，可什么也没听见。
• 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。
• We talked on the telephone for quite a while.
  我们在电话里谈了好一阵子。
• Seems to me you've taken quite a shine to Miss Richmond.
  在我看来你对里士满小姐完全是一见钟情。
• She has made quite a lot of suggestions.
  她提了好些建议。
• Nicky's job as a public relations director involves spending quite a lot of time with other people.
  尼基作为公共关系主管，需要花很多时间与别人打交道。