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Quite
and rather
(a)
Quite
= меньше чем `very',
но больше чем `a
little':
-
I'm surprised you haven't heard of him. He's quite
famous. (=
less than
very famous but more
than a little famous)
-
It's quite
cold. You'd better
wear your coat.
-
Tom lives quite
near me, so we see each
other quite often.
Quite
стоит перед
a/an:
quite
a nice
day quite an old
house quite a
long way
Мы также употребляем
quite
с некоторыми глаголами, в
частности:
like
и
enjoy:
-
I quite
like tennis but
it's not my favourite sport.
(b)
Значение слова
rather
- такое же, как и у
quite,
однако
мы, в основном, употребляем
rather
с отрицательными
словами и в негативных ситуациях:
-
It's rather
cold, so you'd
better wear your coat.
-
`What was the examination like?' `Rather
difficult, I'm
afraid'.
-
Let's get a taxi. It's rather
a long way to
walk.
Употребление
quite
также возможно в этих примерах.
Мы часто употребляем
quite
в позитивных
ситуациях, а
rather
в негативных:
-
She is quite
intelligent but rather
lazy.
Когда мы употребляем
rather
с позитивными
словами (nice/interesting
и т.д.), то подразумевается
'необычность'
или 'неожиданность'.
Например:
rather
nice =
unusually nice/ surprisingly
nice/nicer than expected:
-
These oranges are rather
nice. Where did
you get them?
-
Ann didn't like the book but I thought it was rather
interesting.
(= more interesting
than expected).
Rather
может стоять либо перед, либо
после a/an:
a
rather interesting
book или rather
an interesting
book
(c)
Quite
может также означать `полностью'.
Например:
`Are
you sure?' `Yes, quite
sure.' (=
completely sure)
Quite
означает 'полностью'
с рядом прилагательных, в
том числе:
sure
right true unnecessary different
amazing
certain wrong safe extraordinary
impossible
amazed
-
She was quite
different from what I expected.
(= completely different)
-
Everything they said was quite
true. (=
completely true)
Мы также употребляем
quite
(=`полностью') с некоторыми
глаголами:
-
I quite
agree with you. (=
I completely agree)
-
They haven't
quite finished
their dinner yet.
-
I don't
quite understand what
you mean.
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