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• quality   /ˈkwɒləti/ DJ   /ˈkwɑːl-/ DJ US   /'kwɑlətɪ/ KK US
  • noun
    • Irregular:
      -ies plural
    • 质量；品质 the standard of something when it is compared to other things like it; how good or bad something isuncountable countable
      • 质量好／次／上乘 to be of good/poor/top quality
      • 优质商品 goods of a high quality
      • 优质商品 high-quality goods
      • 水／空气质量的下降 a decline in water/air quality
      • 一降低成本，产品质量就会受到影响。 When costs are cut product quality suffers.
      • 他们移居法国以后，生活质量大大提高。 Their quality of life improved dramatically when they moved to France.
    • 上乘；优质；高标准 a high standarduncountable
      • 当代的优秀作家 contemporary writers of quality
      • 我们的宗旨是质量上乘、价格合理。 We aim to provide quality at reasonable prices.
    • （尤指好的）人品，素质，品德 a thing that is part of a person's character, especially something goodcountable
      • 诚实、宽容等个人品质 personal qualities such as honesty and generosity
      • 缺乏／具备领导素质 to lack/possess leadership qualities
    • 特征；特质；特色 a feature of something, especially one that makes it different from something elsecountable uncountable
      • 她绘画中的明、暗特征 the special quality of light and shade in her paintings
    • quality newspaper Synonym countable British English
  • adjective
    • 优质的；高质量的 used especially by people trying to sell goods or services to say that something is of a high qualityonly before noun
      • 我们专营高档家具。 We specialize in quality furniture.
      • 质优价廉的服务 quality service at a competitive price
    • 盖帽儿了；棒极了 very goodBritish English slang
      • “这部电影怎么样？”“棒极了！” ‘What was the film like?’ ‘Quality!’

English dictionary

• qual·i·ty
  • The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something
  • General excellence of standard or level
  • High social standing

Related phrases

• quality newspaper
  （供有品位者阅读的）高质量报纸
• air quality
  空气质量
• Chief Quality Officer
  首席质量官; 质量总监 (CQO)
• Indoor Air Quality
  室内空气品质 (= IAQ)
• quality assurance
  质量保证
• quality control
  质量管理
• quality time
  优质时间（指全心照顾子女等的时间）
• indoor air quality
  室内空气品质 (= IAQ)
• internal air quality
  内部空气质量 (= IAQ)
• letter-quality
  印刷字体良好的

Synonyms

• noun: grade, kind, merit, property, class, attribute, nature

Web translations

Usage examples

• "Personally, I don't see how it helps the game, or the quality of the game," said Barry Cofield, a defensive tackle for the New York Giants, who obviously missed the point.
  Aug 29, 2010 -  Barry Cofield -  Daily Commercial
• In his eulogy for Byrd, President Obama praised him as possessing "that quintessential American quality ...... a capacity to change, a capacity to learn, a capacity to listen, a capacity to be made more perfect."
  Aug 23, 2010 -  Barack Obama -  Huffington Post (blog)
• Wenger confirmed: "We needed a centre-back of quality and experience if possible, and at the right price - he was all of that. He is a real defender and is good in the one against one, good in the air, and can score goals on set-pieces as well. I...
  Aug 26, 2010 -  Arsene Wenger -  The Press Association

Web definitions

• • an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
    
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• • a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
    
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• • a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
    
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