• adv. 很；相當(dāng)；完全

來自中古英語quit,quite,結(jié)清債務(wù)的，自由的。引申副詞詞義整個(gè)地，十分，相當(dāng)。詞義演 變比較even,just,very.

quite

quite: [14] Quite is essentially the same word as the adjective quit ‘free, absolved, discharged, cleared’ (which in Middle English commonly took the alternative form quite). It came to be used as an adverb meaning ‘thoroughly, clearly’. The weaker modern sense ‘fairly’ did not develop until as recently as the mid-19th century.
=> quit

quite (adv.)

early 14c., adverbial form of Middle English quit, quite (adj.) "free, clear" (see quit (adj.)). Originally "thoroughly;" the weaker sense of "fairly" is attested from mid-19c.

1. Failure is never quite so frightening as regret do.

比失敗更令人恐懼的是懊悔。

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2. I know it's nothing serious and I feel quite unemotional about it.

我知道那根本沒什么大不了的，所以有些無動(dòng)于衷。

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3. I would imagine she's quite lonely living on her own.

我猜想她一個(gè)人過肯定很孤獨(dú)。

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4. I got quite a lot of ribbing from my team-mates.

隊(duì)友們經(jīng)常開我的玩笑。

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5. She was afraid in a way that was quite new to her.

她感到從未有過的害怕。

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