few,
a
few,
little,
a
little
虽然都表示“少”,但
(1)few,
a
few是可数的,
little,
a
little是不可数的。
(2)a
few,
a
little含肯定意味,few,
little含否定意味。这里所谓的“肯定意味”和“否定意味”应该这样来理解:同样是半杯水,口渴者会认为:There
is
little
water
in
the
glass.
而不口渴的人则会认为:There
is
a
little
water
in
the
glass.
一:
1.few修饰可数名词复数。
2.few
(=
not
many;
hardly
any)含否定意义;a
few
(=
some;
several;
a
small
number
of)
含肯定意义。
3.
not
a
few
=
no
few
=
quite
a
few
=
a
good
few
=
many。
4.
当
few受
every,
last,
past,
next,
some,
very等词所修饰时,表示肯定意义,few之前不再有冠词。如:
In
the
last
few
minutes,
he
checked
up
his
paper
again.
It
took
us
some
few
days
to
repair
the
machine.
They
are
very
few
in
number.
There
were
too
few
of
them.
He
goes
to
see
his
grandma
every
few
weeks.
5.
在非正式文体中很少见,一般用或代替,如:
Only
a
few
people
attended
the
meeting.
另外,little
/
a
little
Little
remains
to
be
done
about
it.
(作主语)
A
little
remains
to
be
done.
Please
give
me
a
little.
(作宾语)
He
knows
a
little
of
everything.
There
is
very
/
but
little
time
left.
(作定语)
Don’t
worry;
you
still
have
a
little
time.
1.
little修饰不可数名词,表示“量”。
2.
little含否定意义(反义词:much);a
little含肯定意义(反义词:none)。
3.
在非正式英语中,一般很少用little,常用not
much,
only
a
little来代替,如:
We
haven’t
got
much
money
/
time.
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