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[/fjuː; fju/] indef det, adj [usu attrib 通常作定语] (-er, -est) 用法:
1 (used with pl [C] ns and a pl v 与复数可数名词和动词复数形式连用) not many 不多; 很少:
Few people live to be 100. 很少有人活到一百岁. *
a man/woman of few words, ie one who speaks very little 沉默寡言的人 *
There are fewer cars parked outside than yesterday. 外面停的汽车比昨天少. *
The police found very few clues to the murderer's identity. 警方对杀人凶手的线索所知甚少. *
There are very few opportunities for promotion. 晋升的机会很少. *
The few houses we have seen are in terrible condition. 我们见到的为数不多的几所房子都非常糟糕. *
There were too few people at the meeting. 参加会议的人寥寥无几. *
Accidents on site are few. 工地上事故不多. (Cf 参看 There are few accidents on site. ) =>Usage at less 用法见less. =>Usage at much1 用法见much1. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) ,few and ,far be`tween infrequent, with long periods of waiting involved 少的（要等候很久的）:
The buses to our village are few and far between. 到我们村的公共汽车很少. *
The sunny intervals we were promised have been few and far between. 我们原可望能有几阵晴天, 结果却很稀少. few 2
indef pron not many people, things, places, etc 很少的人、 物、 地方等. (a) (referring back 用以复指前文):
Of the 150 passengers, few escaped injury. 150名乘客中鲜有未受伤者. *
Few can deny the impact of his leadership. 几乎没有人能否定他的领导作用. *
(saying 谚) Many are called but few are chosen. 邀请的人多, 选上的人少. *
Hundreds of new records are produced each week but few (of them) get into the charts. 每周推出数以百计的新唱片, 但（其中）没有几张能进入每周流行榜.
(b) (referring forward 用以预指後文):
Few of us will still be alive in the year 2050. 我们很少有人能活到2050年. *
The few who came to the concert enjoyed it. 来听音乐会的少数几个人喜欢这场音乐会. *
We saw few of the sights as we were only there for two hours. 我们在那里只待了两个小时, 因此没怎麽游览. few 3
[/fjuː; fju/] a few indef det (used with pl [C] ns and pl vs 与复数可数名词和动词复数形式连用) a small number of; some 少数; 几个:
a few letters 几封信 *
a few days ago 几天前 *
He asked us a few questions. 他问了我们几个问题. *
A few people are coming for tea. 有几个人要来吃茶点. *
Only a few (ie Not many) students were awarded distinctions. 只有几个学生获得优等成绩. =>Usage at much1 用法见much1. |