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.
双语例句
1. Buying budget-priced furniture needn't mean compromising on quality or style.
买价钱经济的家具并不意味着就要牺牲质量和样式。
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2. Today's organic wine producer is typically a small, quality-conscious family concern.
现今的有机葡萄酒生产商一般是注重品质的小型家族企业.
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3. Little of the existing housing is of good enough quality.
现有的住房几乎少有质量过关的。
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4. We have been successful because we are offering a quality service.
我们因提供的服务水准一流一直经营得很成功。
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5. Even the quality papers agreed that it was a triumph.
