simply adv. 1.簡單地;明白易懂地;坦白地,露骨地;樸素地;天真地;率直地。 2.單單,僅僅。 3.〔加強語氣〕真正,的確,絕對;非常,極。 It is simply a question of time. 這不過是時間的問題罷了。 The cold was simply awful. 冷得真厲害。 It is simply beautiful. 這個的確是美。
quite adv. 1.完全,十分,徹底,真正,的確。 2.事實上;差不多;可以說(是…),簡直和…一樣。 3.頗,相當,有點兒,或多或少。 4.〔口語〕很,極。 quite the opposite 正相反。 Q- right. 好,行,完全對。 Oh, quite. =Q- so! 對啦!是啊!不錯!正是這樣! I was quite by myself [quite alone].只有我一個人。 He is quite a man. 他真是個男子漢。 You are getting quite a big boy now. 你已經不小了。 It's quite too delightful. 真是太叫人高興了。 He [She] isn't quite . 〔英口〕= He [She] isn't quite a gentleman [lady]. 他[她]不像是一個紳士[貴婦人];他[她]不像是一個正人君子[正派女人]。 not quite 有點不… (not quite proper 有點不妥)。 not quite the thing to do 不太合適,有點不好(但是沒有辦法)。 not quite well 還有點不好。 quite a few 〔美國〕相當〔多〕的,很不少。 quite other [another] 完全不同的。 quite some 〔美國〕非常多。 quite the thing 時髦,時新。