less fewer little few more比较级理解 英语学习

总结：

little, less

用不可数名词，或者当作副词的时候；

few, fewer

用可数名词。

注意理解这两个的汉语意思。

我们比较熟悉的是：

你比我干净。你不比我开心。这个比那个贵。这个不比那个贵。

you are cleaner than I am.

you are not happier than me.

this one is more expensive than that one.

this one is not more expensive than the other one.

this one is less expensive than the other one.

这个没有那个贵（也就是这个比那个便宜

this one is cheaper than that one.

）。怎么

说？

你没有我干净。怎么说？

你比我还不干净。怎么说？

你当然可以换成：这个比那个便宜。我比你干净。但是，在英语里面其实有这种说

法。

就是往下比较：

less, least

few, fewer

只是作为一 个形容词，比较级

fewer/fewest

。

little

，

less

，

least

就是往下比较的时候用的。特别是单音节或者双音节的形容词的

时候。

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I am less lazy than I was before.

我没有以前懒惰。

the room is less clean now.

没有以前干净了。。

总结下来就是：

many

more

，

m ost

。

much

的比较级也是

more

，

most

。

few

的比较级

fewer

，

fewest< /p>

；

little

的比较级

less

，

least

。只是 在具体的汉语翻译

中，自己琢磨。而这些此烟花出来的每哟，或者很小比较意味儿的意思 似乎更加常

用。

因为

little, few

和

much, many

是反义词，所以导致汉语理解上的偏差混淆。

比较特殊的就是：

little+a djective

，不是

little +

不可数名词。

这时候，就用到副词

little

和

less

a little lazy, less lazy,

等等。

这 里主要解答单音节双音节的时候，前面有一个

less

＋形容词

表示否定“更加

不”，而不是简单的

not

＋形容词比较级。也就是解决了往下比较的问题。

高，

更高，干净 ，更干净；贵，更加贵。有没有，干净，更不干净；高，更不

高？贵，更不贵？

其实有：

less+adj

< br>原级。

less+expensive

【例句】

Less happy;

less expensive

.

不那么高兴

的；不怎么贵的

less interesting;

less expensive

; less quickly.

不是很有趣；不是很贵；不是很

快。也许是人性发展观念使然。――比较都是这样比。贵的比较级，更贵。有人说是“不那么

贵”，其实也是比较，但是就不是被人默认的。所以说，英语里面叫做“

posit ive comparison

积极

比较”。

< br>When used in making comparisons, the positive form of an adjective is usually

employed

. The use of Less

Adjectives which form the comparative with the adverb more may also be used in a

similar way with the adverb less. Less

and

more

have opposite meanings.

i. The construction Less ... Than

The following examples illustrate the use of adjectives preceded by

less

and followed by

than

.

e.g. Arnold is less confident

than

Charles is.

The red bicycle is less expensive

than

the blue one.

The first example indicates that Arnold possesses a smaller degree of confidence than

Charles does. The second example indicates that the red bicycle has a lower cost than the

blue one.

See

Exercise 5

.

The following examples illustrate the use of adjectives preceded by

less

, and followed by

a noun, followed by

than

.

e.g. He is a less well-known performer

than

his brother is.

They found themselves in a less fortunate situation

than

they had expected.

In these examples, the adjectives

well-known

and

fortunate

are followed by the nouns

performer

and

situation

.

'The least' is the superlative form of 'little' used with uncountable nouns, and 'the fewest' is

the superlative form of 'few' used with countable nouns.

Example Sentences

Tom does the least work of anybody in this room.

Jane has made the fewest mistakes on the exams.

Less

is used with uncountable nouns, like

money

or

work

or

travel

, and

fewer

is

used with countable plural nouns, like

coins

or

jobs

or

trips

.

Less

is the

comparative form of

little

and

fewer

is the comparative form of few. Compare the

following:

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I have

less work

now than I had this time last year.

There are simply

fewer jobs

around that I am suitable for.

I therefore have

little money

and

few friends

.

Another, more common, way of saying

less

is

not as much

and another, more

common, way of saying

fewer

is

not as many

. Similarly

little

would translate as

not much

and

few

would translate as

not many

. Compare the following.

?

?

?

?

?

?

My new car doesn't use

as much petrol

as my old one so it's more

economical.

My new car uses

less petrol than

my old one so it's more economical.

You don't see

as many Peugeot 405s

on the road now as you used to.

You see

fewer Peugeot 405s

on the road now than you used to.

I don't have

much need

to use my car in town when public transport is so

good.

I have to admit that there are

few occasions

when I walk anywhere

nowadays.

Note that all of these uses have

negative

implications. If we want to be

positive

about something, we would use

a little

or

a little bit of

or

a few

. Compare the

following

?

?

?

I can't go out in such weather,

but

I have

a little bit of food

in the house so

I shall be OK.

I can't go out in such weather

and

I have

little food

in the house so I'm

quite worried.

A few of

my colleagues turned up for my presentation, so I was quite

pleased.

Few

of my colleagues turned up for my presentation, so I was quite upset.

Many / much - a lot of

Note that

much

and

many

are mostly used in

negative clauses

and in

questions

.

They are not so common in affirmative clauses where we tend to use

a lot of, lots

of, plenty of

or, very colloquially,

loads of

instead. Compare the following: