赖世雄教你学英语语法
副词
3-6: quite
rather 蛮……地,相当地
此二字可修饰原级副词或形容词
例:he is quite old.
(他很老了。)
he is rather old.
(他相当老了。)
he studies quite hard.
(他相当用功。)
但修饰形容词十名词时:
he is a quite good student.(x)
he is a quite a good student.(o)
(他是个相当不错的学生。)
they are quite good students.(o)
(他们是相当好的学生。)
he is rather an old man.(o)
(他是个相当老的人。)
they are rather old men.
(他们相当老了。)