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1、精品文档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 i s a little water in the glass.1 few 修饰可数名词复数。2 few （= not many;
2、 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 machin
3、e.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 littleLittle 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
4、 of everything.There is very / but little time left. （作定语 ） Don tworry; 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 gt ot much money / time.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。 随意编辑