雖然都表示“少”,但few, a few是可數(shù)的, little, a little是不可數(shù)的。a few, a little含肯定意味,few, little含否定意味。
few和little的區(qū)別1. few 與 little 作形容詞用,都表示“幾乎沒(méi)有”,相當(dāng)于一個(gè)否定詞。具體區(qū)別:
(1) few 后面跟復(fù)數(shù)可數(shù)名詞。 e.g. few books few students
(2) little 后面跟單數(shù)不可數(shù)名詞。 e.g. little water little food
e.g. He has few friends. 他沒(méi)有幾個(gè)朋友。
They has little money. 他們沒(méi)有什麼錢(qián)
2. a few 與 a little 都表示肯定的意思,指“有一點(diǎn),有一些”。具體區(qū)別:
(1) a few 后加可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)
(2)a little 后加不可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)。
e.g. I'm going to buy a few bananas.
I can speak only a little Chinese.
3. a little 與 little 也可以用作副詞, 表示“有點(diǎn)”“稍稍” 表示“很少”
e.g. ----Can you speak English?
----Yes, but only a little.
This book is a little more difficult than that one.
( 可修飾形容詞比較級(jí))
She slept little last night. 昨天晚上,她沒(méi)有怎么睡覺(jué)。
few、little、a few、a little區(qū)別few/a few之間的區(qū)別
few 和 a few 雖然只差一個(gè) a, 但意思幾乎完全相反。比如:I have a few friends in the government. (我在政府里認(rèn)識(shí)些朋友),也就是我“上面有人”。但如果你說(shuō):I have few friends in the government. 那就說(shuō)明你在政府里不認(rèn)識(shí)什么人。
所以,few 就是“很少,幾乎沒(méi)有”,而 a few 則表示“有一些”,它們都是形容詞,修飾可數(shù)名詞(countable nouns)。
例句:
(1)There are a few things I need to buy.
我得買(mǎi)些東西。
(2)There are few things I need to buy.
我不需要買(mǎi)什么東西。
再補(bǔ)充學(xué)習(xí)一下,quite a few 表示“很多”。
例句:There are quite a few things I need to buy.
我需要買(mǎi)很多東西。
little/a little之間的區(qū)別
再看看 a little 和 little,其實(shí)用法跟 a few 和 few 類(lèi)似。區(qū)別就在于 a little 和 little 只能修飾“不可數(shù)名詞”(uncountable nouns)。
例句:
(1)There is a little water in the bottle.
瓶子里還有一些水。
(2)There is little water in the bottle.
瓶子里幾乎沒(méi)水了。
同理,quite a little 表示“很多”,“大量”,也用來(lái)修飾不可數(shù)名詞,比如:
There is quite a little water in the bottle.
瓶子里還有大量的水。
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