few

/fjuː/ det. / pron.
标准词条 CET-4CET-6IELTS
一句话记住

不多；很少；几乎没有；（a few）几个；一些

释义与例句

det./pron. 不多；很少；几乎没有
a small number of people or things, often with the negative suggestion that there are not enough
  1. Few people were aware of the change to the timetable.
    很少有人知道时刻表的变动。
  2. Few of the original houses survived the earthquake.
    原来的房屋中很少有在地震后保留下来的。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. Opportunities for promotion are few in such a small company.
    在这么小的公司里，晋升机会很少。
det./pron. （a few）几个；一些
some, or a small but positive number of people or things
  1. A few students stayed behind to ask the lecturer questions.
    几名学生留下来向讲师提问。
  2. I have read a few of her novels, but not this one.
    她的小说我读过几本，但没读过这一本。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. Could you wait a few minutes while I check the records?
    我查记录时，您能等几分钟吗？

词源与构词

记忆钩子 few 常与可数复数连用：few 强调“没几个”，a few 强调“有几个”；quite a few 反而表示“不少”。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • fewer 更少的
    few 的比较级，修饰可数名词复数，如 fewer mistakes、fewer visitors。
  • fewest 最少的
    few 的最高级，修饰可数名词复数，如 the fewest votes。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • little 不多的；很少的；（a little）一点儿
    few 修饰可数名词复数，如 few books；little 修饰不可数名词，如 little time。不带 a 时两者常偏否定，表示“几乎没有”；a few 和 a little 则偏肯定，分别表示“几个”和“一点儿”。
    There is little time left, so we must make a decision. 剩下的时间不多了，所以我们必须作出决定。
常见搭配
  • a few 几个；一些
    We still have a few tickets available for Saturday's performance. 我们还有一些星期六演出的票。
  • quite a few 相当多；不少
    Quite a few residents objected to the closure of the library. 不少居民反对关闭这座图书馆。
  • few and far between 稀少的；不常遇到的
    Affordable homes in the city centre are few and far between. 市中心价格可承受的住房十分稀少。