a little用法辨析

a bit； a little； a little bit1) a bit和a little在肯定句中修饰动词、形容词、副词和比较级时可以互换,表示一点儿的意思。例如: 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。 2)a bit和a little在否定句中的意思恰恰相反, not a bit相当于not at all(一点儿都不); not a little相当于very(much)或extremely(很、非常)。例如: She is not a bit tired. (=She is not tired at all.) 她一点都不累。 3)a little可以直接作定语修饰名词, 而a bit则要在后面加of构成短语才能作定语 ,两者都只能修饰不可数名词。例如: There is a little/a bit of food left for lunch. 午饭只能吃剩下的一点食品了。 4) a bit of的另一种形式是bits of, a little则没有这种变体。例如:Besides this, he used part of an old army wireless set, and some bits of wood.除此之外,他还利用了一部分旧的军用无线电发报机的一部分零件和一些木片。 5) 1）a little=a bit=a little bit +形容词；2)a little=a bit of +名词 二、a little / a bit / a little bit / for a bit 用法辨析 1）在肯定句中，a little和a bit意思相同： 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。再比如“价格会上涨一点。”可以说：The price would jump a bit. 也可以说：The price would jump a little.“还有点工作要做。”可以说：There is still a bit more work to do.也可以说：There is still a little more work to do. 1）not a bit和not a little 的意思正好相反。not a bit是“一点也不”，等于not at all；not a little/ few的意思是“不是一点点”，和very much；extremely意思相同： Im not a bit tired. (Im not tired at all.) 我一点也不累。 Im not a little tired. (Im much tired.) 我很累了。（不是一点点累，是很累）2）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。3）a bit后面不能直接接名词，接名词要用a bit of的结构；a little则可以直接修饰名词：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 will add a little fun to the game. 如果要用a bit来修饰fun，要用a bit of的结构： This will add a bit of fun to the game. 这可以使这个游戏更有趣一点。 This remind me a little of those old sayings. 这使我想起了那些古老的谚语。4）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。5）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 no