few, little, a few, a little 的用法

few, little, a few, a little 的用法

 

(a) few + 可数名词 , (a) little + 不可数名词

　 a few / a little 为肯定含义，还有一点

　 few / little 　为否定含义，没有多少了。

例句：

　 He has a few friends. 　　　他有几个朋友。

　 He has few friends. 　　　 他几乎没有朋友。

　 We still have a little time. 我们还有点时间。

　 There is little time left. 几乎没剩下什么时间了。

 

典型例题 :

 

　 Although he 's wealthy ， he spends___ on clothes.

　 A. little 　 B. few 　 C. a little 　 D. a few

　 答案： A. spend 所指的是钱，不可数，只能用 little 或 a little. 本句为 although 引导的让步状语从句，由句意知后句为否定含义，因此应用 little 表示几乎不。

 

固定搭配 :

　　 only a few (=few) 　 not a few (=many) 　 quite a few (=many)

　　 many a (=many)

　　 Many books were sold.

　　 Many a book was sold.

　　 卖出了许多书

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complement:

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.