not quite

1 LITTLE/NOT VERYnot completely 不完全地

They weren’t quite ready so we waited in the car.

他们没有完全准备好，所以我们在车里等着。

I’m not quite sure where she lives.

我不太确定她住在哪儿。

Dinner’s almost ready, but not quite.

晚饭差不多好了，但还没有完全准备妥当。

Examples from the Corpus

not quite• "Are you ready?" "Not quite."• The orbits of the planets are almost circular, but not quite.• We haven't quite finished yet.• Figures are fabulous Well ... not quite.• "Is he 60?" "Not quite!"• He didn't say it quite that way, but that's what he meant.• She hasn't quite finished her homework yet.• Later, they were not quite able to fathom this themselves; they sifted through the facts with grave purpose.• The weather was not quite as nice as on our two previous trips, but it kept dry.• That's a good answer but it's not quite correct.• The paint's not quite dry yet.• Give me five minutes - I'm not quite ready.• It's not quite red, it's more like a maroon color.• Not quite right, not quite plain enough or narrow enough, but getting there.• Three other wanderers, not quite so dazed, allowed Billy to tag along.• I'm not quite sure how the system works.• Indirectly, perhaps, but not quite that openly.• It was not quite the end of the world as we know it, but it was close.• But that's not quite the point.• It's not quite time to go yet.

→ not quite at quite(2)

2 EXACTnot exactly why, what, where etc 不完全是因为/是…那样/是某地等

The play wasn’t quite what we expected.

该剧不像我们想的那么好。

Examples from the Corpus

not quite why/what/where etc• The whole situation was very unusual and not quite what I expected it to be.• They are not quite what I should have expected from a man like Serafin.• But it is not quite what it seems.• So Feuerbach's sensuous anthropology, much praised even by Karl Barth, is not quite what it seems.• Only his shoes seemed to be a little too pointed - not quite what men one knew would wear.• Somehow we get the feeling this is not quite what Tucson Mayor George Miller had in mind.• This is not quite what was expected.• That is not quite what we suggested, which was that it should have regard to affordability.

→ not quite why/what/where etc at quite(3)

词汇	not quite
释义	not quite not quite 1 LITTLE/NOT VERYnot completely 不完全地 They weren’t quite ready so we waited in the car. 他们没有完全准备好，所以我们在车里等着。 I’m not quite sure where she lives. 我不太确定她住在哪儿。 Dinner’s almost ready, but not quite. 晚饭差不多好了，但还没有完全准备妥当。 Examples from the Corpus not quite• "Are you ready?" "Not quite."• The orbits of the planets are almost circular, but not quite.• We haven't quite finished yet.• Figures are fabulous Well ... not quite.• "Is he 60?" "Not quite!"• He didn't say it quite that way, but that's what he meant.• She hasn't quite finished her homework yet.• Later, they were not quite able to fathom this themselves; they sifted through the facts with grave purpose.• The weather was not quite as nice as on our two previous trips, but it kept dry.• That's a good answer but it's not quite correct.• The paint's not quite dry yet.• Give me five minutes - I'm not quite ready.• It's not quite red, it's more like a maroon color.• Not quite right, not quite plain enough or narrow enough, but getting there.• Three other wanderers, not quite so dazed, allowed Billy to tag along.• I'm not quite sure how the system works.• Indirectly, perhaps, but not quite that openly.• It was not quite the end of the world as we know it, but it was close.• But that's not quite the point.• It's not quite time to go yet. → not quite at quite(2) 2 EXACTnot exactly why, what, where etc 不完全是因为/是…那样/是某地等 The play wasn’t quite what we expected. 该剧不像我们想的那么好。 Examples from the Corpus not quite why/what/where etc• The whole situation was very unusual and not quite what I expected it to be.• They are not quite what I should have expected from a man like Serafin.• But it is not quite what it seems.• So Feuerbach's sensuous anthropology, much praised even by Karl Barth, is not quite what it seems.• Only his shoes seemed to be a little too pointed - not quite what men one knew would wear.• Somehow we get the feeling this is not quite what Tucson Mayor George Miller had in mind.• This is not quite what was expected.• That is not quite what we suggested, which was that it should have regard to affordability. → not quite why/what/where etc at quite(3)
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