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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。作名词时意为“很少数,人名;(英)菲尤”,作代词时意为“很少”。作形容词时意为“很少的;几乎没有的”。  few的用法 adj.很少的;很少;(与复数名词和复数动词连用)有些;几乎没有的。 pron.很少;有些(人、事物、地方);(与复数动词连用)少数人;不和…一般多。 n.很少数。 few用来强调小数目的否定意义,相当于说“很少”或“几乎没有”,它的含义是该数目令人失望或令人吃惊的小。如: Few people like snakes. 很少有人喜欢蛇。 I know few of them. 他们当中我几乎不认识什么人。 a few的意思与few不同,它没有否定含义,它表示“有几个”,有时甚至还表示“一些”。如: After a few tries they gave up. 试过几次之后他们就放弃了。 当要与一段时间连用时,我们总是用a few,不用few。如: We need a place where we can stay for a few days. 我们需要一个能住几天的地方。 另外,还要注意not a few和quite a few这两个短语,不要误认为它们是反义词,其实它们几乎是同义词,都可表示“不少”“相当多”的意思。如: Not a few of the members were absent. 不少会员未出席。 Quite a few of us are worried. 我们不少人很着急。 few的相关短语 every few 1. (尤指时间单位)每隔几…一次 她每隔几周探望一次。 she visits every few weeks. few and far between 1. 稀少,罕有;稀疏 我难得有灵感。 my inspired moments are few and far between. a good few 1. (英)大量的,许多的 多年来它一直挥之不去。 it had been around for a good few years. |