老师说,quite可修饰动词,但不是可以修饰所有的动词,它只能修饰少数动词,我问老师这少数动词是指哪些,她说比如like, love, enjoy, fancy, forget等,我怀疑quite是否真是这样用的(比如用quite修饰forget我就有点怀疑,因为那样的话意思不通啊),请哪位专家老师帮我总结一下,到底quite可以修饰哪些动词?非常谢谢!
陈老师:
quite确实可以修饰动词,能受quite修饰的动词确实为数不多,下面是一些常见的:
▲表示喜欢的动词
—enjoy
I quite enjoy living here. 我挺喜欢住在这里。
I quite enjoy mountain holidays. 我相当喜欢在山区度假。
—fancy
I quite fancy the idea of lazing around. 我很喜欢懒散地过日子。
—like
I quite like the idea. 我十分喜欢这个主意。
She used to dislike Tom but she quite likes him now. 她以前不喜欢汤姆,可她现在很喜欢他。
▲表示同意的动词
—agree
I quite agree with you. 我完全同意你的意见。
I quite agree that neither is suitable for a newspaper. 我完全同意两者都不适宜在报纸上发表。
—approve
I quite approve of the idea. 我完全赞同这个想法。
▲表示知道、理解、明白、相信等的动词
—know
What I’m going to do next, I don’t quite know. 下一步我该怎么干我还不太清楚。
I don’t quite know what to say in answer to your question. 我不太清楚如何回答你的问题。
—catch
I didn’t quite catch your last point—couldyou say it again? 你讲的最后一点我没听太明白——你能再说一遍吗?
—follow
I’msorry but I don’t quite follow you (=understand what you are saying). 很抱歉我不太明白你的意思。
—understand
I quite understand. 我完全理解。
And at the beginning, I didn’t quiteunderstand what all this was about. 我起初不太明白这一切究竟是怎么回事。
—believe
I can’t quite believe the close shaves I’ve had just recently. 我真是无法相信就在最近自己侥幸逃过了几场大难。
—trust
He’s charming;nevertheless, I don’t quite trusthim. 他很有魅力,尽管如此我不完全信任他。
▲表示忘记的动词
—forget
I quite forgot to post your letter. 我把给你寄信的事全都忘了。
I’ve quite forgotten how closed in London can seem. 我都快忘了,伦敦有时看上去会多么地闭塞。
▲表示搭配的动词
—match
His clothes don’t quite match. 他的衣服不太搭。
The two versions of the story don’t quitemarry up. 这件事的两种说法有出入。
▲其他动词
I didn’t quite have the money to pay for a meal. 我的钱,连吃一顿饭都不够了。
Midge couldn’t quite put her finger on thereason. 米吉还不能十分确定原因何在。
I couldn’t quite call his name to mind. 我一时记不起他的名字了。
I’m sure I’ve met her before somewhere,but I can’t quite place her. 我肯定我以前在什么地方见过她,但具体在哪儿就想不起来了。
I knew something she had said wasn’t true,but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. 我知道她说了假话,但我说不出来问题在哪里。