[fjuː][fjuː]
  • adj. 很少的;少数的;几个
  • pron. 少数
  • n. 少量
  • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    来自PIE*pau,少的,小的,词源同poor,pupil,pullet.引申多种词义。
      determiner(冠词)
      1. 一些;几个
      2. (用于 quite a few, a good few 等表达方式中) 许多,很多,大量
      determiner(冠词)
      1. 很少;不多;几个
      2. 少一些的
      3. 不常发生;稀少

    双解例句

    determiner(冠词)
    1. 一些;几个

      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。”

    2. (用于 quite a few, a good few 等表达方式中) 许多,很多,大量

      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。

    determiner(冠词)
    1. 很少;不多;几个

      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。

    2. 少一些的

      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。

    3. 不常发生;稀少

      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。

    小知识

    Few is a word for a small, non-specific number. A few is somewhere between a couple and a whole bunch.

    When you say you're going to have a few fries, you'd better not eat the whole order — a few is a tiny number. It takes more than a few people to play basketball, though they could probably play two-on-two. This is one of many words for amounts that aren't specific, like a bunch, a load, or a bit. If someone refers to the few, they're talking about an elite, special group, like “The few. The proud. The Marines.”

    实用短语

    1. a few good men

      好人寥寥,军官与魔鬼,几个好人,片

    2. quite a few

      相当多,还不少,有相当数目

    3. a few

      有些,几个,一些,

    4. few and far between

      稀少的,不多,不常碰到或发现的,少而分散的

    5. very few

      极少数,数很少,廖廖无几

    6. a few plugins

      它还可以通过挂载插件,还可以通过挂载插件

    7. few showers

      短暂阵雨,几阵骤雨

    8. for a few dollars more

      黄昏双镖客,一点美元,片

    9. we happy few

      少数幸运儿,寡欢之城,鱼丸那鳖孙

    常用短语

    1. quite a few

      不少,相当多

    2. only a few

      很少;只有几个;几乎没有

    3. a few days ago

      几天前

    4. every few

      每隔几…,source:aa

    5. few words

      沉默寡言的人,少言寡语的

    6. some few

      不少,有一些,source:aa

    7. few and far between

      稀少;彼此相距很远;不常发生

    8. in a few days

      过几天;不日;在几天后

    9. no fewer than

      不少于;不低于;多达

    10. these last few days

      最近几天

    11. with few exceptions

      极少例外

    12. a good few

      相当多

    13. with a few exceptions

      有些例外

    14. at the fewest

      至少

    单词用法

    词语辨析
    few与a few两者均用于表示数量,连用或代替可数名词(必须用复数):
    前者表示数量很少甚至几乎没有,强调“少”,含有否定意味;
    后者表示数量虽不多,但毕竟还有,强调“有”,含有肯定意味。
    重要短语
    quite a few 不少,相当多
    only a few 很少;只有几个;几乎没有
    a few days ago 几天前
    every few 每隔几…

    同义词辨析

    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。

    同义词

    adj.很少数的;有些,几个

    very  /  little  /  not  /  number  /  small  /  many

    其他释义

    many

    反义词

    adj.少数的

    many

    同根词

    词根:few

    adj.

    fewer较少的

    int.

    fewer较少数

    n.

    fewness少数

    pron.

    fewer较少数