He had all the qualities I was looking for in a partner.

他具有我要找的伴侣应该具备的所有品质。

People were beginning to attribute superhuman qualities to him.

人们开始觉得他超人一等。

I think she has many good qualities besides being very beautiful.

我觉得她不但长得非常漂亮，而且还有很多优秀品质。

Those are sterling qualities to be admired in anyone.

那些是在任何人身上都值得敬佩的优秀品质。

This plant has long been known for its medicinal qualities.

这种植物一直以其药性而闻名。

He wanted to introduce mature people with leadership qualities.

他想引进具有领导素质的成熟人才。

Write down (in order of priority) the qualities you'd like to have.

（按照优先次序）写下你想具有的品质。

Thyme tea can be used by adults for its antiseptic qualities.

百里香茶的杀菌功效可用于成人。

Sometimes you wonder where your kids get their good qualities.

有时你会想，孩子们身上的优秀品质是从何而来呢？

These qualities recommended him to Olivier.

这些品质让他受到奥利维尔的青睐。

These vegetables and herbs have strong antiseptic qualities.

这些蔬菜和草本植物有很强的杀菌性。

The fighting qualities of the team are epitomized by the captain.

这个队的战斗精神从队长身上体现出来。

I'm drawn to the poetic, sensuous qualities of her paintings.

我喜欢她的画中那种充满诗意、赏心悦目的特性。

Plenty of money often fetches out a person's worst qualities.

面对大量的金钱往往会使人暴露出最坏的品质.

His qualities mark him out as a born leader.

他的品质表明他生来就适合当领导.

1. The quality is the same, but the qualities are different.
   质量一样,但性能不同。
2. It's cheap, but on the other hand the quality is poor.
   它是便宜,但另一方面质量差。
3. The quality of this suit is not quite consonant with its price.
   这套衣服的质量与价钱不太相符。
4. Size matters less than quality.
   大小不如质量重要。
5. The car is inferior in quality.
   这辆轿车质量差。
6. The deduction in price should not be detrimental to the quality.
   减了价格,但绝不能有损于质量。
7. This painting is of remarkable quality.
   这幅画是上乘之作。
8. This cloth is of medium quality.
   这布是中等质地的。
9. We never use second quality ingredients.
   我们绝不使用次等配料。
10. Poor quality goods won't sell easily.
    质量差的货不容易卖出。
11. In a long run, it is an economy to buy good quality goods, even though they cost more.
    购买质量好的货物,虽然价格较贵,但是到头来是经济的。
12. But we still have a long way to go because few areas of the country are free of water quality problems.
    然而我们还有很长的路要走,因为国内几乎没有几个地区不存在水质问题。
13. I am sixty-and-five, and I have knocked about in the world and tasted the quality of life.
    我六十有五,在世界各地漫游过,饱经人间的坎坷。
14. She had many good qualities despite her apparent rudeness.
    她粗鲁是粗鲁,但还有许多优秀品质。
15. He has many good qualities, but his best quality is his kindness.
    他有许多良好的品质,而最好的品质是为人善良。
16. One quality of this kind of timber is that it can be sawn easily.
    这种木料的一个特点是容易锯开。
17. His voice had a rich melodic quality.
    他的音色浑厚而优美。
18. They have stockpiled qualities of weapons.
    他们储备了各种各样的武器。
19. By degrees the quality gave up going, and the fair, of course, became disreputable.
    上流人渐渐不去那儿了,当然集市就变得破旧不堪了。

of quality

优质的,素质好的 good quality

动词+～

• check the quality检查质量
• demand quality要求质量
• develop the quality表现品质
• have quality质量好
• improve〔increase〕 quality提高质量
• keep quality up保持质优
• praise quality赞赏质量
• preserve quality保持质量
• test sb's quality考验某人的品质

形容词+～

• average quality一般质量
• bad quality恶劣的质量
• best quality最好的质量
• commendable quality值得称赞的品质
• essential quality基本品质
• excellent quality优质
• fine quality优质
• good quality质量好
• high quality质量高
• lasting quality性能耐久
• low quality质量差
• personal quality个人品德
• poor quality质量差
• second-class quality二等质量
• usual quality一般性能

介词+～

• in quality在质量上
• goods of quality高级商品

～+介词

• quality of courage勇敢的素质
• quality of the working people劳动人民的品质

• They will make very nice tire-women to some lady of quality.sssss A. T. Ellis

  出自：ssssF. Marryat

n.(名词)

1. quality的基本意思是“质量”,指产品、商品或工作的优劣程度,也可用于人,指品质。可用作不可数名词,也可用作可数名词。
2. quality用于指“商品”时,表示商品“质量”,通常用单数形式quality; 表示“商品的性能”时一般用复数形式qualities。
3. quality用于指“人”,表示“才能”“本领”时通常用单数形式quality; 表示“品质”时多用复数形式qualities; 表示暂时具有的地位、身份或作用时常用于短语in (the) quality of中。
4. of quality修饰产品或商品时指“优质的”,修饰人时指“素质好的”,此时quality前无须再加good等词。
5. quality也可作“属性,特征”“特点,特色”“品种”解,是可数名词。
6. the quality可作“上流社会,上等人”解,有鄙视的意味。
7. quality有时可置于另一名词前作定语,意为“优良的”“优质的”,主要用于美式英语。

1. quality既可做名词也可作形容词。作形容词时，可解释为“优良的”，如quality goods，常用于美式英语中；
2. paper of good quality，good quality paper以及a good quality of paper均是意思相近的短语。而句子That paper is (of) good quality.中of可省略。

n.(名词)

下面各组短语的意思不同:

quality suits 名优服装

suits of quality 优质服装

quality people 显赫人士

people of quality 素质好的人

quality，property，feature，characteristic，peculiarity，trait，attribute，character

这些名词均有“特性、特点、品质”之意。

quality最普通用词，既可指有形或无形的特性，又可指个性或共性的特征。

property多指同类事物所共有的特性，一般不用于指人。

feature指事物突出引人注目的特点。多用来说明人的容貌特征或地理特征。

characteristic指某人或某物天生有别于他人或他物的内部特质或外表特征。

peculiarity指人或事物独具的或奇怪的特点，常带感情色彩。

trait多指人的性格、心情的特征，尤指先天秉赋的持久的行为模式或性格特征。

attribute通常指人主观赋予某事物的属性，可指典型事物。

character多指一类人或事物所具有的独特的典型的特征。

n.(名词)

大卫检查了家具的质量。

误 David examined the qualities of the furniture.

正 David examined the quality of the furniture.

这家商店为其酒的质量自豪。

误 The store is proud of the qualities of its wine.

正 The store is proud of the quality of its wine.

析 quality作“质量”解时通常用单数形式。

他具有成功商人的所有品质。

误 He has all the quality of a successful businessman.

正 He has all the qualities of a successful businessman.

勇敢是一个好士兵的品质之一。

误 Courage is one of the quality of a good soldier.

正 Courage is one of the qualities of a good soldier.

析 quality作“品质”解时是可数名词,以上两句应该用复数。

我们产品质量的稳步提高在很大程度上归功于设备的改进。

误 The steady rise in the quantity of our products owes much to the improvement of the equipment.

正 The steady rise in the quality of our products owes much to the improvement of the equipment.

析 quantity是“数量”, quality才是“质量”,这两个词形似义不同。

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的qualite；最初源自拉丁语的qualitatem。