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。
• 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 haven't seen each other for quite a few days.
  咱们有日子没见面了。
• That's really quite a forest.
  那片林子可大了去了。
• I listened for quite a while, but heard nothing.
  我听了好一会儿，可什么也没听见。
• We have lived here quite a number of years.
  我们在这儿住了好些年了。
• She has made quite a lot of suggestions.
  她提了好些建议。
• 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。
• She's done quite a bit of work this past year
  过去的一年里她做了不少工作。
• To give the devil his due, he is quite a conscientious worker.
  平心而论，他工作还是认真的。