艾伦秀第259期:艾伦的铁杆粉丝

1、national

国家的;全国的

Ruling parties have lost ground in national and local elections.

执政党在全国和地区选举中均败北。

major national and international issues.

国内和国际重大问题

国民的;民族的

the national characteristics and history of the country.

这个国家的民族特征和历史

Baseball is the national pastime.

棒球是全民性的休闲运动。

国民;国人

a Sri-Lankan-born British national.

出生于斯里兰卡的英国国民

2、quite

相当;很;颇

I felt quite bitter about it at the time.

当时我对这件事感到相当怨愤。

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。

(用于强调所说的话)很，非常

It is quite clear that we were firing in self defence.

事实很清楚，我们开枪是出于自卫。

That's a general British failing. In the USA it's quite different.

那是英国人的普遍缺点。在美国，情况就大不一样了。

出众的，了不起的，不同寻常的

Oh, he's quite a character, Sean replied.

喔，他真是个了不起的人，肖恩回答说。

It's quite a city, Boston.

波士顿，真是一座伟大的城市。