常用单词few的用法详解

a few adj./pron.

【意思】

1. I made a few phone calls. (一些，几个)

2. Few of them like eating apples. (很少，几乎没有)

【同义表达】

1. a few=several=some

【短语/搭配】

1. quite a few相当的

2. a few seconds 几秒

【辨析】a little vs. little vs. a few vs. few

例：

1. There is a little water in the glass.  杯子里有一些水。

2. There is little water in the glass. 杯子里几乎没有水。

3. There are a few oranges in the basket. 篮子里有一些橘子。

4. There are few oranges in the basket . 篮子里几乎没有橘子。

【用法】

1. a few作为形容词，意思是“少数的…，几个…,一些…”，修饰可数名词复数

例: I have a few friends.

我有几个朋友。

2. 当a few或者few 修饰的可数名词做主语时，谓语用复数

例: A few students have been to Beijing.

有一些学生去过了北京。

Few students have been to Beijing.

几乎没有学生去过北京。

【考法】

主要考查短语的意思和用法

例：

1. In our group, ______ students like English, but _____ of them can speak English smoothly.

A. a little; a few

B. a little; few

C. a few; little

D. a few; few

2. There are ______ people in the market.

A. a few  quite

B. a quite few

C. quite a few

D. a lot