little,a little,a few,few的区别是什么？

little修饰不可数名词，表否定

a

little修饰不可数名词，表肯定

few修饰可数名词，表否定

a

few修饰可数名词，表肯定

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

is

a

little

water

in

the

glass.

一：

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’t

got

much

money

/

time.

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