few

few
[fju; fju:]
形容词
( (~.er; ~.est) )
1 [不加 a,否定用法] 几乎没有的,很少的,少数的
(←→ many) (cf. little adj. B1)
He has (very) ~ friends.
他的朋友 (极) 少
(几乎没有)
a man of ~ words
寡言的人,不爱说话的人
F~ tourists stop here.
很少观光客在这里停留
2 (无比较级、最高级) [a ~,肯定用法] 一些,
几个 (some)
(←→ no,none)
(cf. little adj. B 2)
He has a ~ friends.
他有一些 [几个] 朋友
She will come back in a ~ days.
她过几天 [在两三天内] 会回来
one of the ~ relatives (that) she has
她那少数几个亲戚中之一
3 a. 为数不多的,仅少数的
The attendants were ~ (in number).
出席者为数不多
b. [the ~; 当复数名词用 (对多数而言的) 少数的人;
少数派; (被挑选的) 少数者
(←→ the many)
for the ~
为少数者的
to the happy ~
给幸福的少数者
a good few
(英口语)相当多的
He owns a good ~ cows.
他拥有相当多的乳牛
but few (
文语)= only a FEW.
every few
few and far between
稀少的,极少的
Pedestrians along this road are ~ and far between.
经过这一条路的行人极少
no fewer than?
不下于…,多达…
(as many as)
There were no ~er than sixty people present.
出席者多达六十人
not a few
不少的,相当多的,相当数目的
Not a ~ students have gone home.
不少学生已经回家了
only a few
仅仅少数的,只有几个的
Only a ~ people came here.
仅仅少数的人来过这里
quite a few
(口语)相当多的
He has quite a ~ good paintings.
他有相当多的好画
some few少数的,一些 (的) ,多少有一些
There were some ~ houses along the road.
沿路有一些房屋
代名词
1 [不加 a 的否定用法] (数目) 没有几个人,只有少数人
Very [Comparatively] ~ understand what he said.
没有几个人 [比较上只有少数人] 了解他说什么
2 [a ~ 的肯定用法] 少数的人[东西][of]
A ~ of them know it.
他们当中有少数人知道那件事
not a few
不少的,相当多的[of]
Last night not a ~ of the members were present.
昨晚有不少会员出席
only a few 只有少数 [几个] 的[of]
Only a ~ visited us.
只有少数人访问我们
quite a few
(口语) (其中) 相当多的人[物],颇有几个[of]
Quite a ~ of them agreed.
他们当中赞成者颇多
some few
少数[of]
Some ~ of them came here.
他们当中少数人来过这里

索引：形容词 代名词

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近义词

1寡few, scant, tasteless, widowed 辨析>>

2少a little while, few, fewness, lack, little, lose, young 辨析>>

3少数few, fewness, handful, minority, paucity, small number 辨析>>

4少数的few, minority 辨析>>

5屈指可数can be counted on one's fingers, few 辨析>>

6廖deserted, few, scanty, silent 辨析>>

7很少的few, little, tiny 辨析>>

8稀少的exiguous, few, infrequent, rare, scarce, seldom, slim 辨析>>

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