a few、few、a little、little的区别与用法
1、few的意思是“很少的…,几乎没有的…”,表示“虽然有,但很少”,强调“少”,表示否定的意思。
如:There are few people in the room.
房间里没有几个人。(虽有但少)
2、a few的意思是“少数的…,几个…,一些…”,表示“虽然少,但还有”,强调“有”,表示肯定之意,两者之间的差别主要是主观上的,而不是实际数字上的差别。例如:
如:There are a few people in the room.
房间有几个人。(虽少但有)
3、little具有否定意义,表示“很少”。
如:I have a little money.
我有一点点钱。(虽少但有)
4、a little后者具有肯定意义,表示“一些,少许”。同样数量的东西,有时可说little,有时可说a little,全凭主观上的看法。
如:I have little money.
我有少量的钱。(虽有但少)
扩展资料:
单词用法:
一、little
adj. (形容词)
1、little用作形容词时表示“小的,幼小的,矮小的”,指由于因年龄小而身形娇小,含有感情色彩,意思是“小的可爱”“小的可怜”等意思。
2、little的比较级与最高级常用smaller, smallest,而较少用littler, littlest。
pron. (代词)1、little用作代词时有否定意味,接近于nothing。
2、the little, a little或little of在句中用作定语时,谓语动词用单数形式。
3、little可与the连用,用如名词。
adv. (副词)1、little用作副词和感官的动词连用并放在动词前,表示“毫不”“一点也不”。
2、当little用作副词置于句首时,句子采用倒装结构。
二、few
pron. (代词)
1、few用作代词时,意思是“很少,几个”,作主语时谓语动词须用复数形式。
2、only few, so few相当于few,表示否定; some few相当于some,表示肯定。
在英文中表达“一些”是a little还是a few呢?本期和你分享few和a few以及little和a little的区别和用法!
a little修饰不可数名词,表肯定
few修饰可数名词,表否定
a few修饰可数名词,表肯定
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
a few、few都是修饰可数名词
a few表示有一点
few表示几乎没有
a little、little都是修饰不可数名词
a little表示有一点
little表示几乎没有
few 是只有一点
a little 是指可数名词的几乎没有
little 是只有一点