| 单词 | quality |
| 释义 | quality —qualityless, adj. /kwol"i tee/, n. , pl. qualities, adj. n. 1. an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute: the chemical qualities of alcohol. 2. character or nature, as belonging to or distinguishing a thing: the quality of a sound. 3. character with respect to fineness, or grade of excellence: food of poor quality; silks of fine quality. 4. high grade; superiority; excellence: wood grain of quality. 5. a personality or character trait: kindness is one of her many good qualities. 6. native excellence or superiority. 7. an accomplishment or attainment. 8. good or high social position: a man of quality. 9. the superiority or distinction associated with high social position. 10. Acoustics. the texture of a tone, dependent on its overtone content, that distinguishes it from others of the same pitch and loudness. 11. Phonet. the tonal color, or timbre, that characterizes a particular vowel sound. 12. Logic. the character of a proposition as affirmative or negative. 13. Thermodynam. the proportion or percentage of vapor in a mixture of liquid and vapor, as wet steam. 14. social status or position. 15. a person of high social position: He's quality, that one is. adj. 16. of or having superior quality: quality paper. 17. producing or providing products or services of high quality or merit: a quality publisher. 18. of or occupying high social status: a quality family. 19. marked by a concentrated expenditure of involvement, concern, or commitment: Counselors are urging that working parents try to spend more quality time with their children. [1250-1300; ME qualite < OF < L qualitas, equiv. to qual(is) of what sort + -itas -ITY] Syn. 1. trait, character, feature. QUALITY, ATTRIBUTE, PROPERTY agree in meaning a particular characteristic (of a person or thing). A QUALITY is a characteristic, innate or acquired, that, in some particular, determines the nature and behavior of a person or thing: naturalness as a quality; the quality of meat. An ATTRIBUTE was originally a quality attributed, usually to a person or something personified; more recently it has meant a fundamental or innate characteristic: an attribute of God; attributes of a logical mind. PROPERTY applies only to things; it means a characteristic belonging specifically in the constitution of, or found (invariably) in, the behavior of a thing: physical properties of uranium or of limestone. 3. nature, kind, grade, sort, condition. |
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