a few Outside there are only a few streetlights. 外面只有几盏路灯。

I spoke with a few colleagues about it. 我和几位同事谈过此事。

There were a few who failed the test. 有几个人测试没通过。

+of A few of the plates were chipped. 一些盘子有豁口。

a few more I’ m not sure how many I’ ll need, so give me a few more. 我不能肯定我需要多少，所以再给我几个吧。

the first/last few I’ ve only read the first few pages of the book. 这本书我只读了开头几页。

the past/next few During the past few months, police have interviewed over 200 people. 在过去几个月里，警方已对200多人进行了问讯。

Everything is expected to change in the next few years. 在今后几年里，一切都有望发生变化。

every few Clean the cage every few days. 每隔几天清理一下笼子。

Few managers attend the meetings. 这些会议很少有管理人员参加。

Bush won the election by fewer than 3000 votes. 布什以不到3000票的微弱优势赢得大选。

The pictures were taken at one of his few public appearances. 这些照片是在他少数几次公开露面中的一次拍摄的。

She approached several people, but few were interested. 她接触过几个人，但几乎没有人感兴趣。

the car with the fewest mechanical problems 机械故障最少的汽车

+of Few of the retail firms are offering a home delivery service. 很少有零售商店提供送货上门的服务。

the few Poe and his colleagues are among the few to have tackled this question. 波和他的同事们属于为数不多的处理过这个问题的人。

The few times he did show up, he was late. 他的确露过几次面，但都迟到了。

precious few (=a very small number) No one wants to read about important issues, and precious few want to write about them. 极少数

so few Why were there so few women in Parliament? 议会里的女性为什么这么少？

too few Too much money chasing too few goods causes inflation. 太多的钱去购买太少的货物引起通货膨胀。

very few We get very few complaints of racial discrimination.

be few Their victories were few. 他们很少获胜。

As few as 10% of patients have benefited from the treatment. 仅有10%的病人受益于这种治疗。

Opportunities for promotion are few and far between. 升职的机会很少。

His library contains no fewer than 800 Latin and Greek volumes. 他的藏书包括至少800册拉丁语和希腊语的书。

The letter arrived quite a few days ago. 这封信是好几天前到的。

I’ ve turned down a good few job offers. 我拒绝了相当多的好工作机会。

A government should serve the many, not the few. 政府应该为多数人，而不是少数人服务。

We saw designs by Karl Lagerfeld, Yves Saint Laurent, and Sonia Rykiel, to name but a few. 我们看到了诸如卡尔·拉格菲尔德、伊夫·圣·洛朗和索尼亚·里基尔等人的设计。