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quite a bit (クワィタビッ)

ちょっと誤解し易いのがこの表現。 bit(少ない)を quite(相当に)で強調するわけですから、ホントに少ないのかな〜と思っちゃいますが、逆に「多い」という意味になるのです。

a lot までは行きませんが、somewhat よりも多い感じ、very much といったところでしょうか。「かなり、相当、割に」みたいな感じです。

 

これはもう、感覚で覚えちゃいましょう。 “a lot of” の 代わりに、“quite a bit of” を常に使うようにすれば、すぐに慣れます。 “It was a lot of fun.” → “It was quite a bit of fun.” みたいにね。

 

あと、文章のあとに必ず “quite a bit.” をくっつけるのもいい練習になります。 “I enjoyed it.” → “I enjoyed it quite a bit.” のように、強調したいときはいつでも使えます。


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