| 释义 |
*few /fju; fjuː/
quantifier
1 a small number of things, people etc 少数:
a few Let's wait a few minutes. 让我们等几分钟吧。
There are a few more things I'd like to talk about. 我想再谈谈几件事。
+ of Why not invite a few of your friends? 为什么不请一些你的朋友？
the next few/the last few The next few days are going to be very busy. 接下来几天会很忙。
2 quite a few/a good few a fairly large number of things or people 相当多:
Quite a few people came to the meeting. 不少人前来出席会议。
3 not many 很少，不多:
In the 1950s few people had televisions. 20 世纪 50 年代，很少人有电视机。
very few Very few companies have women directors. 几乎没有公司有女性董事。
+ of The people were friendly, but few of them spoke English. 那里的人很友善，但几乎没人会说英语。
4 be few and far between not happening or found very often …是罕见的; …是稀少的:
Good jobs are few and far between these days. 如今好工作已不多见了。
USAGE NOTE 用法说明: few, a few, little and 和 a little
Use few with plural countable nouns to mean 'not many'. few 与可数名词的复数连用，意思是“不多”:
Few people said they'd help. 很少人说他们会帮忙。
Use a few with plural countable nouns to mean 'some'. a few 与可数名词的复数连用，意思是“一些”:
A few people arrived late. 一些人迟到了。
Use little in more formal English with uncountable nouns to mean 'not much'. 更正式的英语中，little 与不可数名词连用，意思是“不多”:
There's usually little traffic early in the morning. 清晨时分一般没什么来往车辆。
Use a little with uncountable nouns to mean 'a small amount of something'. a little 与不可数名词连用，意思是“少量”:
There was only a little ice cream left. 只剩一点冰淇淋了。 |