quality

英['kw?l?t?] 美['kwɑl?ti]

反義詞quantity

復數:?qualities;

quality 質量，品質

來自拉丁語qualis,種類，類型，要求，來自PIE*kwo,疑問代詞詞干，詞源同quantity,what,who.引申詞義質量，品質。

quality: quality: [13] The ultimate source of quality is Latin quālis ‘of what sort?’, a compound pronoun formed from quī ‘who’ and the adjectival suffix -ālis. From it were derived the noun quālitās, source of English quality, and quālificāre, from which English gets qualify [16].
=> qualify
quality (n.): c. 1300, "temperament, character, disposition," from Old French qualite "quality, nature, characteristic" (12c., Modern French qualité), from Latin qualitatem (nominative qualitas) "a quality, property; nature, state, condition" (said [Tucker, etc.] to have been coined by Cicero to translate Greek poiotes), from qualis "what kind of a," from PIE pronominal base *kwo- (see who). Meaning "degree of goodness" is late 14c. Meaning "social rank, position" is c. 1400. Noun phrase quality time first recorded 1977. Quality of life is from 1943. Quality control first attested 1935.

1. Buying budget-priced furniture needn't mean compromising on quality or style.: 買價錢經濟的家具并不意味著就要犧牲質量和樣式。

2. Today's organic wine producer is typically a small, quality-conscious family concern.: 現今的有機葡萄酒生產商一般是注重品質的小型家族企業.

3. Little of the existing housing is of good enough quality.: 現有的住房幾乎少有質量過關的。

4. We have been successful because we are offering a quality service.: 我們因提供的服務水準一流一直經營得很成功。

5. Even the quality papers agreed that it was a triumph.: 即使是內容嚴肅的報紙也認為這是一次勝利。