| 词汇 | few |
| 释义 | few determiner, pronoun uk/fjuː/ us/fjuː/ (SOME) a fewA2 一些；几个 some, or a small number of something I need to get a few things in town. 我需要到城里买几样东西。 There are a few slices of cake left over from the party. 聚会上剩了一些蛋糕。 We've been having a few problems with the new computer. 我们的这台新计算机一直有一些问题。 If you can't fit all the bags in your car, I can take a few in mine. 如果你的车里装不下所有的袋子，可以在我的车里放几个。 "How many potatoes do you want?" "Oh, just a few, please." “你要多少土豆？”“哦，几个就够了，谢谢。” A2 （用于 quite a few, a good few 等表达方式中） 许多，很多，大量 used in expressions such as "quite a few" to mean "quite a large number" I know quite a few people who have had the same problem. 我知道很多人也遇到了同样的问题。 Lots of people at the club are under 20, but there are quite a few who aren't. 俱乐部里的很多人都不满20岁，但是也有很多人已经过了20岁。 I've been to Paris quite a few times. She was quite few years older than her husband. I spent a good few minutes just staring at the scene, unable to speak. Idiom have a few (too many)idiom informal 喝了不少（过多）酒 to drink quite a large number of, or too many, alcoholic drinks By the look of her, she'd had a few even before she arrived at the party. 从她的样子看，她在来聚会之前就已经喝了不少酒。 few determiner, pronoun, noun, adjective uk/fjuː/ us/fjuː/ (NOT MANY) B1 很少；不多；几个 a small number or not many It was embarrassing how few people attended the party. 只有那么几个人去参加了聚会，真令人尴尬。 He is among the few people I can trust. 他是为数不多的几个我能信任的人之一。 Very few people can afford to pay those prices. 没有几个人能付得起那样的价格。 Few of the children can read or write yet. 这些孩子中没有几个会读写。 Few things in this world give me more pleasure than a long bath. 这个世界上没有多少比好好洗个澡更让我感到享受的事了。 We get few complaints. 我们很少接到投诉。 According to the survey, as few as ten percent of us are happy with our jobs. 根据调查，仅有10%的人对自己的工作感到满意。 The benefits of the planned changes are few. 这个计划没什么益处。 Fewer people smoke these days than used to. 现在吸烟的人比以往少了。 We received far fewer complaints than expected. 我们接到的投诉比预计的少很多。 Fewer than 3,500 tigers are left in the wild today. 如今野生虎类还不到3500只。 They set a new record for the fewest points scored in a season. Which picture got the fewest votes? Compare: little determiner (NOT ENOUGH) Note: A few is used with countable nouns. Compare small.Note: Few is used with countable nouns. few and far betweenC2 不常发生;稀少 not happening or existing very often Apartments that are both comfortable and reasonably priced are few and far between. 既舒适又价格合理的公寓少之又少。 In this area, good jobs are few and far between. There are some other mental health services, but they are few and far between. Be careful if you take the car because refuelling points along that route are few and far between. I witnessed the occasional fight, but such incidents were few and far between.
Idioms a man/woman of few wordsidiom 少言寡语的男人／女人 a man/woman who says very little My father was a man of few words, but when he spoke it was worth listening to. 我父亲是个少言寡语的人，但他开口时，他的话是值得一听的。 no fewer thanidiom formal 不少于，多达 used to show that you consider a number to be surprisingly large No fewer than five hundred delegates attended the conference. 多达500名代表出席了大会。 a few phrase A2 一些；几个 some, or a small number of something I need to get a few things in town. 我需要到城里买几样东西。 There are a few slices of cake left over from the party. 聚会上剩了一些蛋糕。 We've been having a few problems with the new computer. 我们的这台新计算机一直有一些问题。 If you can't fit all the bags in your car, I can take a few in mine. 如果你的车里装不下所有的袋子，可以在我的车里放几个。 "How many potatoes do you want?" "Oh, just a few, please." “你要多少土豆？”“哦，几个就够了，谢谢。” Note: A few is used with countable nouns. Compare small. See also: few determiner pronoun (SOME)
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