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Prepared on 24 November 2020
Unit 5 few, a few,
little, a little
等的用法
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, litt
le
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 is a
little water in the glass.
1
．
few
修饰可数名词复数。
2
．
few (= not
many; 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
machine.
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 little
Little 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 of everything.
There is very /
but little time left. (
作定语
)
Don’t worry; you still have a little
time.
1
．
little
< br>修饰不可数名词，表示
“
量
”<
/p>
。
2
．
little
< br>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’t got much money / time
专项练习
( ) 1. This
is a very old song, so _________ young people know
it.
a. few b. little c. a few
d. a little
( ) 2 . There
aren
’
t many oranges here,
but you can take _________ if
you want
to.
a. few b. a few c. a little d.
little
( ) 3. Shanghai Waihuan Tunnel
is already open to traffic, so it will take
us ___________ time to go to Pudong
International Airport.
a. a few
b. fewer c. a little d. less