| 单词 | few |
| 释义 | few/fju: ||; fju/det adj pronoun (used with a plural countable noun and a plural verb 与复数可数名词及复数动词连用) 1. not many 很少；少: ◇few people live to be 100. 很少人活到100岁。◇there are fewer cars here today than yesterday. 今天这里的汽车比昨天少。◇few of the players played really well. 这些球员只有少数称得上球技精湛。 2. a few a small number of; some 几个；一些: ◇a few people 几个人◇a few hours/days/years 几小时╱天╱年◇i'll meet you later. i've got a few things to do first. 我们过一会儿见。我先要办几件事情。◇i knew a few of the people there. 那里有几个人我是认得的。 ☞look at the note at less. 参看less的注释。 few and far between not happening very often; not common 很久才出现或发生一次；罕有；少见: ◇pubs are a bit few and far between in this area. 这个地区酒馆十分少见。 a good few;quite a few quite a lot 相当多；不少: ◇it's been a good few years since i saw him last. 我跟他已经有许多年没有见面了。 ☞ few/not many few /fju; fjuː/quantifier 1. a small number of things, people etc 少数:◇a few let's wait a few minutes. 让我们等几分钟吧。◇there are a few more things i'd like to talk about. 我想再谈谈几件事。◇+ of why not invite a few of your friends? 为什么不请一些你的朋友？◇the next few/the last few the next few days are going to be very busy. 接下来几天会很忙。 2. quite a few/a good few a fairly large number of things or people 相当多:◇quite a few people came to the meeting. 不少人前来出席会议。 3. not many 很少，不多:◇in the 1950s few people had televisions. 20 世纪 50 年代，很少人有电视机。◇very few very few companies have women directors. 几乎没有公司有女性董事。◇+ of the people were friendly, but few of them spoke english. 那里的人很友善，但几乎没人会说英语。 4. be few and far between not happening or found very often …是罕见的; …是稀少的:◇good jobs are few and far between these days. 如今好工作已不多见了。usage note 用法说明: few, a few, little and 和 a littleuse few with plural countable nouns to mean 'not many'. few 与可数名词的复数连用，意思是“不多”:◇few people said they'd help. 很少人说他们会帮忙。use a few with plural countable nouns to mean 'some'. a few 与可数名词的复数连用，意思是“一些”:◇a few people arrived late. 一些人迟到了。use little in more formal english with uncountable nouns to mean 'not much'. 更正式的英语中，little 与不可数名词连用，意思是“不多”:◇there's usually little traffic early in the morning. 清晨时分一般没什么来往车辆。use a little with uncountable nouns to mean 'a small amount of something'. a little 与不可数名词连用，意思是“少量”:◇there was only a little ice cream left. 只剩一点冰淇淋了。 ☞ few |
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