书上说,quite 与冠词连用时通常是放在冠词之前,但查了几本语法书,都只是涉及了不定冠词,没有查到有用定冠词的例了。如:
The party was quite a success. 这次聚会很成功。
He seems quite a hopeful pupil. 他似乎是个相当有前途的学生。
There was quite a respectable crowd at the match on Saturday. 星期六观看比赛的人相当多。
请问,quite 可以放在定冠词之前吗?有这样的例句吗?
陈老师:
▲quite 可以连用定冠词的(用在定冠词之前),这主要见于英国英语中。如:
He’s going quite the wrong way. 他路全走错了。
That’s not quite the colour I wanted. 那不完全是我要的颜色。
Children’s shoes aren’t cheap—quite the reverse. 儿童的鞋并不便宜——反而更贵。
▲一点补充:quite 与不定冠词连用时,通常要置于不定冠词之前。如:
He is quite a fool. 他是一个大笨蛋。
She is quite a doll! 她真是个美人!
It was quite a job to persuade him. 我费了九牛二虎之力才劝服了他。
She found her new sales job to be quite a challenge. 她发现她的新推销工作相当难。
It’s quite a scramble to get to the top of the hill. 要往上爬很长一段路才能到达山顶呢!
但若其后的名词带有形容词修饰语,则也可置于不定冠词之后。如:
It’s quite a difficult book. =It’s a quite difficult book. 那是一本相当难的书。