little--a-little--few--a-few-的区别

1、Little, a little, few, a few 的区别:版本一：a little /little形容词用在不可数名词之前：a little salt /little salt 一点盐/没有多少盐a few /few形容词用在复数名词之前：a few people / few people 有几个人/没有几个人a few /few + 名词复数，a little /little + 不可数名词，a few /a little表肯定，一点 /一些，few / little 表否认几乎没有a little +不可数名词=a bit of + 不可数名词，a little + 形容词=a b

2、it + 形容词这四种形式也都能用做代词使用，或单独使用或与of连用：例：-Sugar ?-A little , please .-要糖吗？-请给一点儿。Only a few of these are any good .这其中只有几个用得着。B a litile , a few 形容词和代词a little指少量或者说话人认为少的量；a few指小数目或者说话人认为小的数目。把only放在a little /a few之前，是为了强调说话人认为该数量确实很小。例：Only a few of our customers have acco unts我们的顾客中只有少数人是记账的。但是把quit

3、e放在a few之前就大大增大了这个数量：I have quite a few books on art .我有不少关于艺术的书。许多书C little和few形容词和代词：little和few意为很少或没有，几乎具有否认意义：例：There was little time for con sultati on几乎没有时间商量。Little is known about the side effects of this drug .这种药物有些什么副作用，现在还不大清楚。Few tow ns have such sple ndid trees .有这么好看的树木的城市不多。little和few

4、的这种用法主要限于书面英语可能由于在日常会话中 little和few容易被误认为是a little /a few。因此，在日常会话中little和few通常由hardly any替代，也可以由 动词否认式 +much / many 替代：例：We saw little .我们没有看到什么。相当于：We saw hadly anything . / We didn ' t see much.我们几乎什么都没有看到。Tourists come here but few stay overni ght.有游客到这里来，但很少有人过夜。相当于：Tourists come here but ha

5、dly any stay overni ght.有游客到这里来，但几乎没有人在这里过夜。但如果 little 禾口 few 由 so, very, too , extremely , comparatively , relatively 等词修饰，就I ' m unwilling to try a drug I know so little about .我不乐意服我知之甚少的药。They have too many technicians , we have too few 他们的技术员太多，而我们的又太少。There are fewer butterflies every year

6、 .蝴蝶的数量每年都在减少。D a little / little 副词1 a little 可以：a与动词连用：例：It rained a little during the night .夜里下了一点儿雨。They grumbled a little about havi ng to wait . 他们为要等候抱怨了几句。b与具有 令人不快的意义的形容词和副词连用：例：a little an xious 有点儿着急a little ann oyed有点儿不耐烦a little un willi ngly 有点儿不情愿地a little impatie ntly 有点儿不耐心地c与形容词和副

7、词的比拟级连用：The paper should be a little thicker .这纸应该再厚一点儿。Can' t you walk a little faster ?你不能走得快一点儿吗？在b中可以用rather来代替a little。 rather也可以用于比拟级之前，但a little更常用一些。在英语口语中a bit可以在上述例子中用以替代a little。2在比拟正式的文体中，little主要同better或more连用：例：His second suggestion was little =not much better than his first .他的第二个

8、建议比第一个好不了多少。He was little = not much more than a child when his father died.他父亲去世时，他差不多还是个孩子。在正式的英语中，little可用在某些动词如 expect , know , sus pect, think等之前： 例：He little expected to find himself in pris on他几乎没有料到自己会进监狱。He little thought that one day他几乎从不曾想过有一天注意！像little known和little used这样的形容词的用法：a little

9、 known pai nter 个藉藉无名画家a little-used footpath一条几乎没有人走的小道版本二：(a) few 与(a) little 的区别1. 从所修饰的名词来看:a few后接可数名词，且要用复数形式；a little后接不可数名词。如：We had little time to do it.我们没什么时间做此事。There' s only a little soup left.只剩下一点儿汤了。He has few friends.他朋友很少。I ' ll only be away a few minutes.我只离开几分钟。2. 从所表示的意思

10、来看：上面提到，两者均可表示数量，其主要区别是，a few后接可数名词，a little后接不可数名词。但是，a little还可表示大小。如：Please accept this little gift .请接受这件小小的礼物。There are several little tow ns along the river. 沿河有几个小镇。注意体会下面两句，前面的 little表示形状或个子小 后面的little表示数量 少:The little boy is very busy. He has little time to play. 这个小男孩很忙，他很少有时间玩。It ' s

11、a little animal. It eats only a little food.那是一个小动物，它只吃一点点食物。3. 从各自的词性来看：在词性方面，两者的共同点是，均可用作形容词或代词；其不同点是，a little还可用作副词，用以修饰形容词、副词、动词以及介词短语。如：He is a little tired.他有点累了。They are a little bit better now.现在他们稍好一点了。You should walk a little faster. 你应该走快一点。She was only a little over fifty years old .她才五十

12、多一点。二、有a与没有a的区别不带a的little和few含有否认意义，表示数量很少或几乎没有，强调 少带有a的little和few含有肯定意义，表示数量虽然少但毕竟还有，强调有比拟：Few people like such things.没什么人喜欢那样的东西。A few people like such thin gs.有少数人喜欢那样的东西。He knows little En glish.他几乎不懂英语。He knows a little English.他懂一点点英语。注意，当few前不带a,但带有the, some these, those等修饰语时，也表示肯定意义。 如：Some

13、 few have already left.有几个已经离开了。The last few winters have been very cold .过去几个冬天都很冷。The first few chapters are about his early days .前几章谈他的少年时期。三、思维拓展注意两者比拟级和最高级的用法及区别：little 的比拟级和最高级分别为less和least, few的比拟级和最高级分别为fewer和fewest。如：Boys think less about dress than girls do.男孩子不像女孩子那样爱打扮。He has the least

14、money of all of us.他是我们大家中钱最少的。Fewer radios were sold this year than last. 今年卖掉的收音机比去年少。He tried to finish the work with least money and fewest people.他设法要用最少的钱和最少的人去完成这项工作。习题练习:区别一：a little禾口 little 修饰或代替不可数名词：与much 相对：表示 多 a few 禾口 few 修饰或代替可数名词与many 相对，表示 少 a little 禾口 a few 含肯定语气， little 禾口 few

15、含否认语气。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 few1. Are the new rules work ing?Yes.books are stole n.(全国卷A. FewB. MoreC. SomeD. No ne【分析】答案选 A。句意为：新的规章制度奏效吗？奏效，几乎没什么书被盗了。None后要加of才对。2. Would you like some wine? Yes, just. 全国卷A. littleB. very littleC. a littleD. little bit【分析】答案选 C。由yes和just可知，语气肯定，用a little wine 。 very little 前不可再用just修饰。 区别二little的比拟级和最高级分别是less, least ； few的比拟级和最高级是 fewer, fewest 。女口： If we had followed the plan, we could have done the job better withmoney andpeople.全国卷A. less; lessB. fewer; few