这几个短语都有表示“少”,但
(1)few,
a
few是可数的,
little,
a
little是不可数的,a
little
bit
是不可数名词单数。
(2)a
few,
a
little含肯定意味,few,
little含否定意味。
一、few
/
a
few
1.few修饰可数名词复数。
2.few
(=
not
many;
hardly
any),含否定意义;
而a
few
(=
some;
several;
a
small
number
of)
,含肯定意义。
3.
not
a
few
=
no
few
=
quite
a
few
=
a
good
few
=
many。
4.
当
few受
every,
last,
past,
next,
some,
very等词所修饰时,表示肯定意义,few之前不再有冠词。如:
It
took
us
some
few
days
to
repair
the
machine.
They
are
very
few
in
number.
He
goes
to
see
his
grandma
every
few
weeks.
5.
在非正式文体中很少见,一般用或代替,如:
Only
a
few
people
attended
the
meeting.
二、little
/
a
little
1.
little修饰不可数名词,表示“量”。
2.
little含否定意义(反义词:much);a
little含肯定意义(反义词:none)。
3.
在非正式英语中,一般很少用little,常用not
much,
only
a
little来代替,如:
We
haven’t
got
much
money
/
time.
另外,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。
三、a
little
bit
只能修饰形容词
a
little
bit固定词组
ph.
有点;有几分。如:
I
am
a
little
bit
busy
right
now
,can
we
talk
later?
我现在有点忙,能等一下再说吗
?
a
little
bit和a
bit也能修饰形容词原级或比较级,译为“有点”
“稍微”