quite的用法總結如下：
quite
[kwaIt; kwait]
副詞
(無比較級、最高級)
1 a.完全,全部,全然,十分
~ certain
十分確定
The doctor has told me that she has ~ recovered from her illness.
醫生告訴我她已完全病愈
b.不是完全…,非全部…
He isn't ~ a gentleman.
他還稱不上是個紳士
2 [quite a[an] (,quite some) ] 格外地,非凡地,意外地; 等於和…壹樣
That's ~ a picture.
那真是壹部了不起的影片
That was ~ a [some] party.
那是壹次不尋常的宴會
He is ~ a pianoist.
他是個很了不起的鋼琴師
3 (出乎意外地) 相當,頗
She is ~ a pretty girl.
她是個相當漂亮的女孩
Your book is ~ popular.
妳寫的書相當暢銷
4 [後面常用 but] (英)相當 [頗,十分,的確] … (但是)
She is ~ pretty, but uninteresting.
她的確很漂亮,但並不討人喜歡
It is a quite good book (= quite a good book).
那是壹本相當好的書
(Oh,) quite.= Quite (so.
) . [對於提案表示贊成的回答] 的確,不錯quite a few → few
quite a little → little adj. pron
quite a number of ?
相當數目的…
quite something
(口語)了不起,很棒