quite a few和quite a lot的区别:中文意思不同、修饰词不同。quite a few中文翻译为“相当多”,后面接可数名词;quite a lot中文翻译为“好些”、“好多”,后面既可接可数名词复数,也可接不可数名词。
一、quite a few的含义及用法
quite a few意为相当多,修饰可数名词。例句有:
1、Quite a few people were eating outside in the blazing sun.
不少人在外面的炎炎烈日下吃饭。
2、Quite a few people are going to arrive early.
相当多的人打算早到。
3、The building needs quite a few repairs.
该建筑有好几处应该修缮。
4、Most surprisingly, quite a few said they don't intend to vote at all
最让人吃惊的是,相当多的人说他们根本不打算参加投票。
5、We haven't seen each other for quite a few days.
咱们有日子没见面了。
6、I can cite quite a few instances to illustrate.
我可以举出好几件事来说明。
7、There are quite a few beautiful illustrations in the book.
书内配制了多幅精美插图。
二、quite a lot的含义及用法
quite a lot意为相当多;好些;好多。可修饰可数名词复数,也可修饰不可数名词。例句有:
1、He pulls in quite a lot as a milkman.
他卖牛奶赚了相当多的钱。
2、Matthew's out quite a lot doing his research
马修经常外出做研究。
3、We used to see quite a lot of his wife, Carolyn
我们以前经常见到他的妻子卡罗琳。
4、I got quite a lot of ribbing from my team-mates.
队友们经常开我的玩笑。
5、Quite a lot of allegations of misjustice are spurious.
有关不公正的指控有不少是虚假的。