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 talked on the telephone for quite a while.
  我们在电话里谈了好一阵子。
• She's done quite a bit of work this past year
  过去的一年里她做了不少工作。
• He is quite a good player.
  他是一个满不错的选手。
• Well, actually it requires quite a bit of work and research
  嗯，实际上这需要花不少的工夫，做点研究。
• He's quite a serious person
  他是一个非常一本正经的人。
• She was quite a looker before this happened.
  这事发生前她曾是个大美人。
• I listened for quite a while, but heard nothing.
  我听了好一会儿，可什么也没听见。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。