| 单词 | few |
| 释义 | few¹ 1.(some)几个；少数 in the last few chapters在上几个章节中 in the past few days/weeks在过去的几天/几个星期里 in the next few days/weeks在接下来的几天/几周里 a few一些；几个 She has a few friends.她有几个朋友。 a few more …更多一些的… We waited a few more days.我们又等了一些日子。 There were a few more of us at the second meeting.在第二次会面的时候我们又多了一些人。 every few …每隔几… every few minutes每隔几分钟 2.(not many)很少的；几乎没有的 She has few friends.她几乎没有朋友。 They were few in number.他们在数量上少得很。 so few如此少的 too few太少的 very few极少的 very few people极少数的人 3.as few as …(用在数字前)少至…, 仅有…, 少得只有… As few as one in five of them can read.五人中只有一人识字。 4.quite a few …ora good few …ornot a few …<非正式>一些；不少；相当多 quite a few people相当多的人 He was a good few years older than me.他比我大好几岁。 few²不多的；很少的；几乎没有的 She spent her few leisure hours in front of the TV.她把极少的几小时闲暇都用来看电视了。 few³1.(not many)很少几个人；没有多少事物 The trouble is that few want to buy.问题是没什么人愿意买。 few of sb/sth没有几个人/事物 very few几乎没有人 Very few survive the first week.没有几个人挺过第一周。 2.a few (some)几个人；一些事物 Doctors work an average of 90 hours a week, while a few are on call for up to 120 hours.医生平均每周工作90小时, 有些值班医生达到120小时。 How many apples do you want?—I'll have a few.你要多少苹果？——我要几个。 a few of sb/sth几个人/事物 a few of us我们几个人 These are just a few of the things I dislike about him.这些只是几点我讨厌他的地方。 a few more …再多一些 I'd like a few more.我想再要一些。 3.few and far between稀少的；罕见的；不多的 Successful women politicians used to be few and far between.过去成功的女政治家凤毛麟角。 Opportunities like this are few and far between.像这样的机会很罕见。 4.to have had a feworto have had a few too many<非正式>喝多了；喝醉了 I could see that he had had a few.我看得出他喝多了。 5.no fewer than …(用以强调数目很大)不少于…, 不低于…, 至少… No fewer than five people lost their lives.至少五人丧生。 6.quite a fewora good fewornot a few<非正式>不少；相当多 not a few who had come from remote towns and villages不少来自偏远村镇的人 How many people did you invite?—Quite a few.你邀请了多少人？——不少呢。 few⁴the few(被视为一个阶层的)少数人 a system built on academic excellence for the few为少数人按学术成就搭建的体系 See alsomany³ |
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