Quite 是一个程度副词，根据它所修饰的成分不同主要有两个意思，而且这两个意思所表示的程度一个比一个大，也就是说它遇弱则强，遇强则更强，是一个经常被低估或大材小用的单词。
当 quite 修饰可分级的形容词或副词连用时，意为“颇；相当；某种程度上”，相当于 very，pretty，fairly 或 rather 例如：I felt quite bitter about it at the time.He walked quite fast until they were out of sight.解析：以上的 bitter，often 或 fast 都是可分级的形容词或副词，因为它们都有对应的比较级和最高级。以下是常见的原级意思一样的可分形容词与不可分形容词对照表，在要表达程度的场合有的时候可以直接使用不可分形容词：
当 quite 修饰不可分级的形容词或副词连用时，意为“完全；十分；非常；彻底”，相当于 completely，absolutely 或 entirely 等，例如：The scenery was quite incredible.This is quite impossible.Steve Jobs, the chairman of Pixar, is quite obviously fond of computers.
1. 结构“quite + a/an + 名词”常用来强调名词或使名词更重要，例如：
It's been quite a day, one way and another.We found it quite a change when we moved to London.2. 当结构是“quite + a/an + 形容词 + 名词”时，表示的程度与 quite 单独修饰形容词的程度是一样，相当于 a little 或 a lot，但不类似 completely，此时的 quite 只能置于冠词 a/an 之前，例如：✔: It’s quite a good book.❌: It’s a quite good book.❌: Making a complaint is a quite simple procedure.
四、quite 与 a bit，a few，a lot1. Quite 经常与 a bit，a few 或 a lot 连用来表示数量大，例如：
She's done quite a bit of work this past year.Quite a few people were eating outside in the blazing sun.
Considering he's only just started, he knows quite a lot about it.
鉴于他才刚刚开始，他懂得的已经不少了。
注意：quite a little 没有类似的用法，quite a little sth 用来讽刺地或屈尊地承认某人有特殊的品质或成就，例如：
Look at you, fixing the dishwasher on your own. Quite the little handyman, aren't you?2. 有时 quite a bit 和 quite a lot 也可以作频度副词使用，相当于 often，例如：
Do you come here quite a bit?I used to entertain at home quite a lot.3. Quite a lot/a bit 常与比较级连用来表示多，相当于 much，例如：We went to Italy when I was quite a bit younger.The new truck is quite a lot heavier than the old model.
在非正式口语中，quite 常与 like，enjoy，understand 和 agree 连用来谈论意见或偏好。根据上下文，它可以意为“一点“，”很多”或“完全“，位置与常规副词的位置一样，例如：I quite like tennis but I can never play proper games because I can’t serve.我有点喜欢网球，但我不能打好比赛，因为我不能发球。解析：此时的 quite 的程度相当于 a bit.I quite enjoy sitting here and watching people go by.解析：此时的 quite 的程度相当于 a lot.I quite agree. You’re absolutely right.解析：此时的 quite 的程度相当于 totally.I can quite understand that the news would have upset her.解析：此时的 quite 的程度相当于 totally.
1. Not quite 相当于 not completely，可以与形容词，副词，名词、不定式，非限定句，介词短语或“wh-”从句连用，例如：He's not quite right in the head.The news was not quite as bad as I had expected.It seems that he is not quite himself today.She hesitated, not quite knowing what to do.That’s not quite what I meant.
3. Not quite 可以与动词连用，例如：
He did not quite know how to place women in his scheme of things.
他不太清楚在自己的人生安排中应把女人摆在什么位置。
I haven’t quite got the money to get my laptop yet.
我还没有足够的钱买我的笔记本电脑。
词或词组辨析：
one way and another 意为”无论从哪方面看“
