首先从词性上说,quiet 是形容词和动词,quite是个副词;
再从词意上说,quiet作为形容词的意思有安静的、轻声的、沉默的、秘密的、不公开的,作为动词的意思是使……安静;而quite的副词意思有、完全、彻底 、相当、颇为。
一、quiet例句:
Tania kept the children reasonably quiet and contented
塔妮娅把孩子们哄得安安静静而又心满意足。
She was received in a small, quiet office
她在一个安静的小办公室里受到接待。
It is very quiet without him
他不在的时候这里非常清静。
He called for quiet and announced that the next song was in our honor
他叫大家安静,然后宣布下一首歌要送给我们。
I told them to be quiet and go to sleep
我叫他们不要说话,马上睡觉。
二、quite例句:
I felt quite bitter about it at the time
当时我对这件事感到相当怨愤。
Something here is not quite right
这里有什么地方不太对劲。
'And if you buy the record it's your choice isn't it.' — 'Quite'
“如果你买这张唱片,那是你的选择,不是吗?”——“可不是嘛。”
I was doing quite well, but I wasn't earning a lot of money
我干得还算不错,可是挣的钱却不算多。
Well, actually it requires quite a bit of work and research
嗯,实际上这需要花不少的工夫,做点研究。
quiet是指安静的 后面是表示程度的 完全的 十分的
具体解释如下
轻声的, 安静的
It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
安静得连掉一根针的声音都听得见。
不激动的; 平静的; 宁静的
He is a quiet inoffensive person.
他是位安静、不冒犯别人的人。
不起眼的, 不显眼的; 暗中的
Can I have a quiet word with you?
我能私下和你谈几句吗?
vt. & vi.
安静下来; 使…安静, 平静
The principal tried to quiet the students.
校长试图让学生们安静下来。
quite
[kwait]
adv.
完全地; 整体地; 十分地
Are you quite ready?
你完全准备好了吗?
有几分; 颇; 相当
It was quite good, but not perfect.
它相当不错, 但还不完善。
〈尤英〉同意, 不错; 对的
He is quite drunk.
他确实喝醉了。
安静的 形容词
十分,好 副词
前一个是VERY的意思
后面是安静的意思