核心问题
I don't quite follow you.
有人译为：“我完全听不懂你说的话”，这种译法是否正确。
词典解答
这种译法不正确。应当记住:quite 在否定句中总是作最高程度语(“完全”),并且是被否定的成分。例如：
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I don't quite understand you. 我不完全明白你说的话。(不要理解为:我完全不明白……)
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She did not quite know how to begin. 她没有完全懂得如何开头。
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You didn't quite believe me. 你没有完全相信我。
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I do not quite understand its grammatical structure. (Yeats) 我没有完全弄懂它的语法结构。
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She didn't quite approve. 她没有完全赞成。