Quito与very是两个很常用的词。初学者往往简单地将它们看成是两个意思相近的程度副词。其实,它们无论在语义上或语法功能上差别都是相当大的。现将它们的主要用法归纳、对比于下: 1.在用作程度副词时,very所表示的是最高的程度,译为“非常”、“很”。而quite所表示的程度仅仅略高于fairly,比rather或pretty还弱,译为“相当”、“颇”。例如,在“His Quito and very are two commonly used words. Beginners tend to think of them simply as two degree adverbs of similar meaning. In fact, they have considerable differences both in semantic and grammatical functions. Their main usage is now summarized in contrast to the following: 1. When used as adverbs of degree, very indicates the highest degree, translated as “very” and “very”. The rather expressed by the degree of only slightly higher than fairly, rather than or rather weak, translated as “quite”, “quite.” For example, in "His