quite和very都可以表示“非常”,是英语中使用频率很高的两个表示程度的副词。1. quite可以修饰没有等级之分的形容词,例如perfect(完美的),impossible(不可能的),right(正确的),certain(肯定的),sure(确信的),ready(准备好的)等等,而这些词不可以用very来修饰。quite在修饰此类形容词时,可以译为举局竖“完全;绝对”。例如:He is quite right. 他完全正确。Their opinions are quite opposite. 他们的观点完全相反。2. 有等级之分的形容词或副词则既可以用quite修饰,也可以用very修饰,但表达的意义有所区别。quite是减弱语,减腊贺弱所修饰的词的程度,一般译为“比较……”;而very则加强其所修饰的词的程度,可译为“很;非常”。例如:The room is quite comfortable. 这个房间比较舒适。He was very unhappy when he lost his dog. 他丢失狗时非常难受。It is very hot today, but yesterday it was quite cool. 今天很热,可昨天比较凉快。He is quite tall, but not very tall. 他比较高,可不是很高。3. quite可以修饰动词和过去分词,而very却不正大可以。例如:Have you quite finished your dinner? 你把饭吃完了吗?She quite likes him, but not enough to marry him. 她相当喜欢他,可还不到嫁给他的程度。Now she quite enjoys her job. 现在她很喜欢自己的工作。4. very通常放在不定冠词a/ an之后,而quite位置却比较灵活。例如:She is quite a lovely girl. 她真是个可爱的女孩。We had a quite good time. 我们玩得相当开心。He is a very handsome boy. 他是个很英俊的男孩。5.quite可以修饰a lot,a few,a little,a bit等含有不定冠词的短语,而very不可以。不过very能修饰few,little等。例如:Quite a few people have caught cold in such bad weather. 在这糟糕的天气里不少人得了感冒。Cleaning the backyard needs quite a little work. 清扫后院得干不少活。Very few people can live to be 100. 很少有人活到100岁。It is unfortunate that I have very little time for reading. 真不幸,我很少有时间读书。