few、little、much、many 这是几个表述数量的不定代词,注意区分可数与不可数,注意区分肯定和否定含义。
需要注意的是:
1. only a few = few 表示否定含义,所谓否定含义是指“少到几乎没有”,例如:
It was so cold that only a few few people went out.
那天很冷,很少人出去。
Wewww.58yuanyou.com've got only a few eggs few e原由网ggs, so I must go shopping.
我们只有的鸡蛋太少了,我得去买。
2. only a little = little很少,表否定即“少到几乎没有”。
I must go to the butcher's since there is little only a little meet in the fridge.
我得去肉店,冰箱里的肉不多了。
3. quite a few = many意为很多,肯定含义,例如:
Quite a few manypeople go to the beach to enjoy the nice weather.
很多人去海滩享受好天气。
4. quite a little = much很多,表肯定含义。
He did business and earned quite a little much money.
他做生意挣了不少钱。
至于littl//www.58yuanyou.come 和 few 的区别,可以这样记:长对长短对短,有 a 就有,没 a 就没。意思是:little 对应“不可数”,few 对应“可数”,有 a 表示肯定,没a表示否定。
初学者都绕不过 few 和 little 两个词,它们俩可以做不定代词,分别代替可数和不可数名词,也可以作为修饰语,分别修饰和先定可数名词和不可数名词。比如:
few trees 几棵树
little money 一点钱
有的同学总记不清 few 和 little 对应的名词到底哪个是可数,那个不可数。很好办 few 三个字母短的,对应“可数”,little 留个字母---长的---对应“不可数”仨字儿。
需要留意的是:如果前面加上 a,则具有肯定含义:a few 有几个;a little 有一点儿。如果没有 a,few 表示“仅仅有几个而已”,little 表示“就pwlmnA那么一丁点”,表达否定含义。可原由网以记作:有 a 就有,没 a 就没。如:
We have few tomatoes, I must go to the grocer's to buy some.
我们的西红柿不多了,我得去蔬果店买一些。
(我必须去买,说明番茄不多了,所以用 few,不能用 a few)
He knows little Chinese, I always help him with it.
他知道的汉语很少,我长帮他学汉语。
(这里不能用 a little,因为我常帮他学,暗示出他知道的不多。)
little 和 few 也可以做主语和宾语,例如:
---How many student came for the class?
(多少学生来上课?)
---Few came because of the heavy snow.很少学生来,因为雪大。
(few 作主语)
--Do you speak French? 你讲法语吗?
--No. I know very little. 不,我知道的很少。