31 數(shù)量詞 a few, few, a little, little Track25
(1)與名詞搭配
a few,few后面只能接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù);而a little,little后面只能接不可數(shù)名詞。例如:
a few days few boys
a little water little money
(2)肯定/否定之別
a few,a little意思是肯定的,相當(dāng)于some,表示“有一些”。而few,little意思是否定的,表示“很少,幾乎沒有”。例如:
a. His theory is rather difficult; few people understand it.=...almost no people understand it. 他的理論很深?yuàn)W,沒什么人能夠理解。
b. His theory is rather difficult, but a few people understand it.
他的理論很深?yuàn)W,但卻有一些人能夠理解。
c. I have little interest in English, so I am very poor at it.
我對(duì)英文沒什么興趣,所以學(xué)得很不好。
d. I have a little interest in English, so I like learning it.
我對(duì)英文有些興趣,所以我喜歡學(xué)。
(3)與only或very搭配
我們只能說:only a little,only a few;而不能說:only few*,only little*。但為了強(qiáng)調(diào)否定意義,我們可以說:very few, very little。
His theory is rather difficult and ____ students can understand it.
A. only few
B. only a few
C. only little
D. only a little
正確答案:B