a-bit-a-little-a-little-bit-用法辨析.doc

a_bit,a little,a little bit 用法辨析 倪晶晶区别一：a little和little修饰或代替不可数名词，与much相对；a few和few修饰或代替可数名词，与many相对。a little和a few含肯定语气， little和few含否定语气。一般说来，在only, just, still, quite, can, not等词后用a little或a few； 在very, so, some, the, no等词后用little或few。区别二：little的比较级和最高级分别是less, least；few的比较级和最高级是fewer, fewest。区别三：a little和a bit都可用来修饰动词、形容词、副词和比较级；，可互换。The speaker spoke up a bit/a little so as to make himself heard more clearly. 演讲者把嗓门提高了一点儿,以便使别人听得更清楚。 可以说：The price would jump a bit. 也可以说：The price would jump a little.价格会上涨一点。This box is a bit heavier than the other one. = a little heavier than the other one. 这两句的意思都是：这个箱子比那个箱子重一点。可以说：There is still a bit more work to do.= There is still a little more work to do.还有点工作要做。a little可直接修饰名词，但a bit后要加of后才可接名词，如a little water=a bit of water；There is a little/a bit of food left for lunch. 午饭只能吃剩下的一点食品了。当a little修饰的名词前有the, this, that, 所有格等限定词时，也要用a little of的结构：This remind me a little of those old sayings. 这使我想起了那些古老的谚语。注：在否定句中意义相反。not a little =very much/ extremely“不是一点点”，而not a bit = not at all。“一点也不”She is not a bit tired. (=She is not tired at all.) 她一点都不累。Im not a little tired. (Im much tired.) 我很累了。（不是一点点累，是很累）a bit of的另一种形式是bits of, a little则没有这种变体。a little=a bit=a little bit +形容词；2)a little=a bit of +名词a bit 和a little不能用来修饰“形容词+名词”的结构。例如，heavy boxes这样的结构，就不能用a bit和a little修饰，不能说a bit heavy boxes；再比如hot weather，我们不可 以说a little hot weather.a little bit的意思是“一点点”，用法与”a bit”相同：This is a little bit too difficult for me. 这对我来说有点难。Jack is a little bit selfish. 杰克有点自私。I speak a little bit of French. 我讲一点法语。This made me feel a little bit better about myself. 这使我感觉好点了。a bit通常修饰表示“令人不快”的形容词，例如sad, silly, cold, hungry, angry, difficult, heavy, expensive等; a little则无论褒贬都可以修饰： The song is a bit sad. 这首歌有点伤感。 You might say Im a bit silly. 你可能会说我有点傻。 Mary is a little older but a little more beautiful than Ann. 玛丽比安年纪更大但是更漂亮。 Everyone seemed a little nervous. 每个人看起来都有点紧张。for a bit和for a little意思相同，相当于for a while或for a short time，可互换。 We talked for a bit. (We talked for a short time.) 我们谈了一会儿。 Please hang on for a bit. 请等一会儿，不要挂断。 练习：用a bit或a little填空。 1. There is _ time left. 2. I would like you to stay for _ if you have time. 3. This will give us a _ of time. 4. He went to sleep soon, for he was not _ tired. 5. I d