- 1準～；類似～(但不完全是)
A word used before a noun or adjective to mean "sort of" or "partly, but not completely" — something that is almost a certain thing but not fully or officially so, like a "quasi-expert" (someone who acts like an expert but isn't formally trained) or a "quasi-official" organization.
From the word’s history
Learned borrowing from Latin quasi 'as if'.
借自拉丁文 quasi「好像」。
組成From Latin "quasi," meaning "as if."
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
quasiadj/ˈkweɪzaɪ/
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Resembling or having a likeness to the named thing.
- So in summation gentlemen. What you have before you is a troop transport that can't carry troops, a reconnaissance vehicle that's too conspicuous to do reconnaissance, and a quasi tank that has less armor than a snowblower, god has enough ammo to take out half of D.C.
- The presiding officer of the assembly does not appoint a chairman of the quasi committee, but remains in the chair himself throughout its proceedings.
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