a little/little(形容詞)用在不可數(shù)名詞之前:
a little salt/little salt一點(diǎn)鹽/沒有多少鹽
a few/few(形容詞)用在復(fù)數(shù)名詞之前:
a few people/few people有幾個人/沒有幾個人
這四種形式也都能用做代詞使用,或單獨(dú)使用或與of連用:
-Sugar?
-A little,please.
-要糖嗎?
-請給一點(diǎn)兒?! nly a few of these are any good.
這其中只有幾個用得著。
a litile,a few(形容詞和代詞)
a little指少量或者說話人認(rèn)為少的量; a few指小數(shù)目或者說話人認(rèn)為小的數(shù)目。
把only放在a little/a few之前,是為了強(qiáng)調(diào)說話人認(rèn)為該數(shù)量的確很小。(考試大!)
Only a few of our customers have accounts.
我們的顧客中只有少數(shù)人是記賬的。
但是把quite放在a few之前就大大增大了這個數(shù)量:
I have quite a few books on art.
我有不少關(guān)于藝術(shù)的書。(許多書)
little和few(形容詞和代詞)
little和few意為很少或沒有,幾乎具有否定意義:
There was little time for consultation.
幾乎沒有時間商量。
Little is known about the side-effects of this drug.
這種藥物有些什么副作用,現(xiàn)在還不大清楚。
Few towns have such splendid trees. 有這么好看的樹木的城市不多。
little和few的這種用法主要限于書面英語(可能由于在日常會話中l(wèi)ittle和few容易被誤認(rèn)為是 a little/a few)。因此,在日常會話中l(wèi)ittle和few通常由hardly any替代,也可以由動詞否定式+much/many替代:
We saw little.
我們沒有看到什么。相當(dāng)于:
We saw hadly anything./We didn’t see much.
我們幾乎什么都沒有看到。
Tourists come here but few stay overnight.
有游客到這里來,但很少有人過夜。相當(dāng)于:
Tourists come here but hadly any stay overnight.
有游客到這里來,但幾乎沒有人在這里過夜。
但如果little和few由so,very,too,extremely,comparatively,relatively等詞修飾,就可以較自由地使用。
fewer(比較級)也可以更自由地使用。
I’m unwilling to try a drug I know so little about.
我不樂意服我知之甚少的藥。
They have too many technicians,we have too few.
他們的技術(shù)員太多,而我們的又太少。
There are fewer butterflies every year.
蝴蝶的數(shù)量每年都在減少。
a little salt/little salt一點(diǎn)鹽/沒有多少鹽
a few/few(形容詞)用在復(fù)數(shù)名詞之前:
a few people/few people有幾個人/沒有幾個人
這四種形式也都能用做代詞使用,或單獨(dú)使用或與of連用:
-Sugar?
-A little,please.
-要糖嗎?
-請給一點(diǎn)兒?! nly a few of these are any good.
這其中只有幾個用得著。
a litile,a few(形容詞和代詞)
a little指少量或者說話人認(rèn)為少的量; a few指小數(shù)目或者說話人認(rèn)為小的數(shù)目。
把only放在a little/a few之前,是為了強(qiáng)調(diào)說話人認(rèn)為該數(shù)量的確很小。(考試大!)
Only a few of our customers have accounts.
我們的顧客中只有少數(shù)人是記賬的。
但是把quite放在a few之前就大大增大了這個數(shù)量:
I have quite a few books on art.
我有不少關(guān)于藝術(shù)的書。(許多書)
little和few(形容詞和代詞)
little和few意為很少或沒有,幾乎具有否定意義:
There was little time for consultation.
幾乎沒有時間商量。
Little is known about the side-effects of this drug.
這種藥物有些什么副作用,現(xiàn)在還不大清楚。
Few towns have such splendid trees. 有這么好看的樹木的城市不多。
little和few的這種用法主要限于書面英語(可能由于在日常會話中l(wèi)ittle和few容易被誤認(rèn)為是 a little/a few)。因此,在日常會話中l(wèi)ittle和few通常由hardly any替代,也可以由動詞否定式+much/many替代:
We saw little.
我們沒有看到什么。相當(dāng)于:
We saw hadly anything./We didn’t see much.
我們幾乎什么都沒有看到。
Tourists come here but few stay overnight.
有游客到這里來,但很少有人過夜。相當(dāng)于:
Tourists come here but hadly any stay overnight.
有游客到這里來,但幾乎沒有人在這里過夜。
但如果little和few由so,very,too,extremely,comparatively,relatively等詞修飾,就可以較自由地使用。
fewer(比較級)也可以更自由地使用。
I’m unwilling to try a drug I know so little about.
我不樂意服我知之甚少的藥。
They have too many technicians,we have too few.
他們的技術(shù)員太多,而我們的又太少。
There are fewer butterflies every year.
蝴蝶的數(shù)量每年都在減少。

