a little、little、a few、few 的区别与用法。说详细些?
都可以做代词、量词。修饰对象不同;代表的类型不同。
a little 和 little,都可以修饰不可数名词,但是,表示的含义不同,little 表示否定,a little表示肯定。a little可以修饰形容词、副词,little不可以。
a little ,一点儿,少量。
词组:
a little bit; 有点;有几分
a little more; 稍微多些
a little of, 一点儿
little while, 一会儿
举例:
Could you go a little slower? (修饰副词)
你能走慢点吗?
She felt a little better now. (修饰形容词)
这会儿她觉得好点儿了。
She softened her tone a little. (作状语)
她稍稍缓和了一下语气。
A little is enough.(作主语)
一点点就够了。
little,adj. 小的;很少的;短暂的;小巧可爱的; adv. 完全不; n. 少许;没有多少。
词组:
little by little;渐渐;逐渐地
little more than; adv. 仅仅是
举例:
Her son is a little horror. (作形容词)
她的儿子是个小捣蛋鬼。
She had little maternal instinct. (形容词)
她几乎没有母性。
I drink little.(名词)
我喝很少。
2. few 和a few都是修饰复数名词,few表示否定;a few表示肯定。都可以当名词使用。
举例:
A few cars passed close by me. (修饰名词复数)
几辆车从我近旁驶过。
It's only a few steps further. (修饰名词复数)
再走几步就到了。
We've had a few (replies). (当做名词作宾语)
我们已得到了一些(答复)。
Few people understand the difference. (表示否定)
很少有人了解这个差别。
a few表肯定,意为“一些,少数,几个”,修饰可数名词。如:a few apples,几个苹果。
little表否定,意为“很少,几乎没有”修饰不可数名词。
如:There is little butter in the fridge.
冰箱几乎没有黄油了。(冰箱的黄油快用光了。)
few 表示否定,意为“很少,几乎没有”。如:There are few notebooks in my schoolbag. 我书包里几乎没有笔记本了。(我的笔记本快用光了。)