Few
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adj. 很少的;很少;（与复数名词和复数动词连用）有些;几乎没有的;
pron. 很少;有些（人、事物、地方）;（与复数动词连用）少数人;不和…一般多;
n. 很少数;
📝 例句
Out of my salary I had begun to save a few dollars.
我开始从薪水中节约几个钱。
There are fewer boys than girls in my class.
我班上男生比女生少。
A few of these have received frequent usage.
其中有些已经得到广泛应用。
There were few people in the streets.
街上人很少。
Here are a few symptoms of this affliction.
这些产品带给我们的痛苦列举如下。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ fe-拼音“飞蛾”,w-拼音“我”:飞蛾我是很少看见的
※ fe-拼音“肥鹅”,w-拼音“我”:这群肥鹅中,能让我喜欢的可不多
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
few
indef det, adj [usu attrib 通常作定语]
(-er, -est)
1 (used with pl [C]
ns and a pl v 与复数可数名词和动词复数形式连用) not many 不多; 很少
Few people live to be 100. 很少有人活到一百岁.
a man/woman of few words, ie one who speaks very little 沉默寡言的人
There are fewer cars parked outside than yesterday. 外面停的汽车比昨天少.
The police found very few clues to the murderer's identity. 警方对杀人凶手的线索所知甚少.
There are very few opportunities for promotion. 晋升的机会很少.
The few houses we have seen are in terrible condition. 我们见到的为数不多的几所房子都非常糟糕.
There were too few people at the meeting. 参加会议的人寥寥无几.
Accidents on site are few. 工地上事故不多. (Cf 参看 There are few accidents on site. ) =>Usage at less 用法见less. =>Usage at much1 用法见much1.
2 (idm 习语) ,few and ,far be`tween infrequent, with long periods of waiting involved 少的（要等候很久的）
The buses to our village are few and far between. 到我们村的公共汽车很少.
The sunny intervals we were promised have been few and far between. 我们原可望能有几阵晴天, 结果却很稀少. few, indef pron not many people, things, places, etc 很少的人、 物、 地方等.
(a) (referring back 用以复指前文)
Of the 150 passengers, few escaped injury. 150名乘客中鲜有未受伤者.
Few can deny the impact of his leadership. 几乎没有人能否定他的领导作用.
(saying 谚) Many are called but few are chosen. 邀请的人多, 选上的人少.
Hundreds of new records are produced each week but few (of them) get into the charts. 每周推出数以百计的新唱片, 但（其中）没有几张能进入每周流行榜.
(b) (referring forward 用以预指後文)
Few of us will still be alive in the year 2050. 我们很少有人能活到2050年.
The few who came to the concert enjoyed it. 来听音乐会的少数几个人喜欢这场音乐会.
We saw few of the sights as we were only there for two hours. 我们在那里只待了两个小时, 因此没怎麽游览.
few a few indef det (used with pl [C]
ns and pl vs 与复数可数名词和动词复数形式连用) a small number of; some 少数; 几个: a few letters 几封信
a few days ago 几天前
He asked us a few questions. 他问了我们几个问题.
A few people are coming for tea. 有几个人要来吃茶点.
Only a few (ie Not many) students were awarded distinctions. 只有几个学生获得优等成绩. =>Usage at much1 用法见much1.
🔁 扩展释义
*[fju:]a. 很少的, 不多的, 少数的n. 少数相关词组: few and far between a few
📖 同为「初中」词汇
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I need the bank to finance something.
我需要银行提供某件东西的贷款。
Who is the guy over there?
那边那个人是谁？
And I'm Polly!
我是波利！