fewer than 和 less than 都是少于。
“少于”的英语:
1、 fewer than
Fewer than 10 percent of applicants are granted political asylum by German
courts.
申请政治庇护者中,只有不到10%获得了德国法庭批准。
2、less than
The marriage had lasted for less than two years
这段婚姻维持了不到两年。
扩展资料
fewer than和less than的区别在于搭配:
1、在“基数词+表示具体的人或物的名词”结构前面通常使用fewer than
There were fewer than 20 applications.
申请表不到20份。
2、在“基数词+表示时间、距离、金额的计量名词(如hour,mile, dollar等)
The whole of Switzerland has less than six million inhabitants.
整个瑞士的居民不足六百万。
如果后面接可数名词就用fewer than
fewer than 20 people不到20人
如果后面接的是不可数,就用less than
less than 20% 不到20%
看是可数还是不可数的
前者用于可数名词复数
后者用于不可数名词
可数还是不可数咯,可数fewer,不可数less
less than