not quite

The film is long and dramatic but does not quite earn the epithet 'epic'.

这部影片篇幅长，戏剧性强，不过还不能誉为“史诗”。

They were obviously of the opinion that his taste was not quite the thing.

他们显然认为他的品味已不太流行。

Even as she said this, she knew it was not quite true.

就在她说这个的时候，她知道自己说的并非全是真的。

The silver-leaved varieties of cyclamen are not quite as hardy.

银叶仙客来品种不太耐寒。

Something here is not quite right.

这里有什么地方不太对劲。

Inevitably the repair job was not quite so simple.

照例,修理工作并非如此简单.

I'm not quite so innocent as to believe that.

我还不至于简单到相信那种事的地步.

Actually, that's not quite right.

实际上, 那不完全对.

It's not quite a year since she became an apprentice.

她学徒还不满一年。

It is not quite the thing.

这不时兴.

I've got flu, so I'm not quite up to the mark.

我得了流感, 所以有点不舒服.

The translation does not quite correspond to the original.

译文不切原意.

Even as she said this, she knew it was not quite true

就在她说这个的时候，她知道自己说的并非全是真的。

I'm afraid I'm not quite with you.

对不起，我不太懂你的意思。

To be honest the house is not quite our style

说实话，这所房子不太适合我们。

He did not quite know how to place women in his scheme of things.

他不太清楚在自己的人生安排中应把女人摆在什么位置。

He's not quite right in the head.

他的精神不太正常。

It's not quite peace in the strictest sense of the word, rather the absence of war.

严格说来，这并不是真正的和平，只是没有战争罢了。

I'm not quite sure where he is.

我不能确定他在哪儿.

Perhaps I misled you, but it was quite unintentional (= I did not mean to) .

也许我误导了你，但那绝不是有意的。

Her technique is not quite up to the mark.

她的技术还差点儿.

I think the metaphor is close but not quite correct.

我认为这个暗喻接近事实但还不太正确.

We had hoped to fill the back page with extra news; we're not quite there yet

我们本来希望补充一些新闻把最后一版填满，可是现在差得还很远。

To be honest, the house is not quite our style.

说实话，这房子我们不是非常喜欢。

The man seemed familiar, but I could not quite place him.

这人很面熟, 但是我记不清在哪儿见过他.

I've got a feeling in my bones that things are not quite right.

直觉告诉我情况不太对头。

He mumbled something to me which I did not quite catch.

他对我叽咕了几句话,可我没太听清楚.

The theatre was not quite full.

剧场并未完全满座。

To be honest the house is not quite our style.

说实话，这所房子不太适合我们。

Something here is not quite right

这里有什么地方不太对劲。