few的常用短语

1. 几个，有些，一些
2. 很少，少数的，为数不多的，几乎没有的，寥寥无几，只有少量，微薄，个别，一小撮
3. 稀少，稀疏
4. 不常发生

1. 一些，有些（人、事物，地方）
2. 少数（人），很少（人），几个，不多，几乎没有
3. 不和…一般多，少于
4. 相当多，不少
5. 喝醉了，已醉

1. 少数，几个，几乎没有，为数甚少，不多，很少，少量

1. 很少，不多，几个
2. 有些
3. 稀少，稀疏
4. 不常发生

1. 不多的,很少 not many

1. 少数,很少,几个 a small number; but at least some

1.少数;几个
You usea few to indicate that you are talking about a small number of people or things. You can also saya very few .

e.g. I gave a dinner party for afew close friends...
我为几个密友办了晚宴。
e.g. We had afew drinks afterwards...
后来我们喝了几杯。

2.(用于形容词和限定词后)几个，少数的
You usefew after adjectives and determiners to indicate that you are talking about a small number of things or people.

e.g. The pastfew weeks of her life had been the most pleasant she could remember...
过去几周是她记忆中平生最愉快的日子。
e.g. The leaders are expected to fly to Mecca in the nextfew days to seal the agreement.
领导人将在接下来的几天中飞往麦加签署协议。

3.(前面可用 so，too，very 修饰)极少的,几乎没有
You usefew to indicate that you are talking about a small number of people or things. You can use 'so', 'too', and 'very' in front offew .

e.g. She hadfew friends, and was generally not very happy...
她几乎没什么朋友，总的来说不怎么开心。
e.g. Few members planned to vote for him...
几乎没什么成员打算投他的票。

4.(尤指享有某种机遇等的)少数派，少数
The few means a small set of people considered as separate from the majority, especially because they share a particular opportunity or quality that the others do not have.

e.g. This should not be an experience for thefew.
这不应是少数几个人的经历。
e.g. ...a system built on academic excellence for thefew.
建立在面向少数人的精英教育上的

5.少至;仅有;少得只有
You useas few as before a number to suggest that it is surprisingly small.

e.g. One study showed that even asfew as ten cigarettes a day can damage fertility...
一项研究显示，一天只抽 10 支烟也会损害生育能力。
e.g. The factory may make asfew as 1,500 cars this year.
今年，工厂生产的小轿车可能只有 1,500 辆。

6.稀少的;罕见的
Things that arefew and far between are very rare or do not happen very often.

few的近义词

e.g. Successful women politicians arefew and far between...
成功的女政治家凤毛麟角。
e.g. In this economic climate new ideas werefew and far between.
在这种经济环境下，新想法极为罕见。

7.不少,相当多(a good few 主要用于英国英语)
You usenot a few when you are referring to quite a lot of things or people. You can also usea good few in this way, mainly in British English.

few

e.g. I've made this argument, and not afew people would disagree with me...
我提出了此论点，而这会是相当多的人都不同意的。
e.g. I think a goodfew of the others were like me, a bit confused.
我觉得其他人中不少都像我一样，有点迷惑不解。

8.饮酒过度;喝多了
If you say that someonehas had a few too many orhas had a few, you mean that they have drunk too many alcoholic drinks.

e.g. A breathalyzer tells you you've a had afew too many.
呼吸分析器显示你饮酒过量。

9.不少于;不止
You useno fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.

e.g. No fewer than thirteen foreign ministers attended the session.
至少有 13 国外长出席了这届会议。

• few words沉默寡言
• few years没有几年

• have few喝几杯

• chosen〔select〕 few精选出的少数
• faithful few少数几个忠诚的人

• for few为少数人
• of few在…中的几个

保险

few是什么意思

A：It’s only afew (dollars/ times/calls every month.
每个月只要（几元钱/几次/打几个电话）。

B：That’s not so bad.
那还不是很糟糕。

要求提供服务

A：I'd like to get some of today's papers sent to my room.
我想要些今天的报纸送到我的房间。

B：They'll be at your door within afew minutes.
他们会尽快送到你的门口。

订货

few

A：Can we expect the same price as last time ?
价钱能够和上次的一样吗？

B：Oh ,yes ,no problem about that.
哦，可以。没问题的。

A：Good ,we‘ll be ordering in just afew days.
很好，两三天内我们就会下订单。

no fewer than, not fewer than

这两个词的意思表示的主观意愿不同:no fewer than表示“几乎一样多”; not fewer than则表示“最少一样多或更多”。试比较:

There were no fewer than 1000 people at the meeting. 到会人数竟达一千人之多。

There were not fewer than 1000 people at the meeting. 到会人数至少也有一千人。

few, a few

few的意思是“很少的…,几乎没有的…”,表示“虽然有,但很少”,强调“少”,表示否定的意思; a few的意思是“少数的…,几个…,一些…”,表示“虽然少,但还有”,强调“有”,表示肯定之意,两者之间的差别主要是主观上的,而不是实际数字上的差别。例如:

There are few people in the room.

房间里没有几个人。(虽有但少)

There are a few people in the room.

房间有几个人。(虽少但有)

few, little

这两个词都有“很少”“没多少”的意思,都表示否定含意。few用于可数名词前,与many相对; little用在不可数名词前,与much相对。

little，few，several

这几个词用作形容词时均含“少量的”之意。

little只修饰不可数名词，含否定意义。

few只修饰可数名词的复数形式，侧重指数量非常少，给人一种模糊概念，含否定意义。

several修饰可数名词的复数形式，指至少有3个，但不会超过5、6个。