Little, a little, few , a few 的区别: 版本一: a little/little(形容词)用在不可数名词之前: a little salt/little salt 一点盐/没有多少盐 a few /few (形容词)用在复数名词之前: a few people/few people 有几个人/没有几个人 a few /few +名词复数, a little /little +不可数名词, a few /a little 表肯定,(一点/一些), few / little 表否定(几乎没有) a little +不可数名词= a bit of + 不可数名词, a little +形容词=a bit +形容词 这四种形式也都能用做代词使用,或单独使用或与of 连用: 例: -Sugar? -A little,please. -要糖吗? -请给一点儿。 Only a few of these are any good. 这其中只有几个用得着。 B a litile,a few (形容词和代词) a little 指少量或者说话人认为少的量; a few 指小数目或者说话人认为小的数目。 把 only放在a little/a few 之前,是为了强调说话人认为该数量的确很小。 例: Only a few of our customers have accounts. 我们的顾客中只有少数人是记账的。 但是把 quite 放在a few 之前就大大增大了这个数量: I have quite a few books on art. 我有不少关于艺术的书。(许多书) C little 和 few (形容词和代词): little 和 few 意为很少或没有,几乎具有否定意义: 例: There was little time for consultation. 几乎没有时间商量。 Little is known about the side-effects of this drug. 这种药物有些什么副作用,现在还不大清楚。 Few towns have such splendid trees. 有这么好看的树木的城市不多。 little 和 few 的这种用法主要限于书面英语(可能由于在日常会话中 little 和 few 容易被误认为是 a little/a few)。因此,在日常会话中 little 和 few 通常由 hardly any替代,也可以由动词否定式+much/many替代: 例: We saw little. 我们没有看到什么。相当于: We saw hadly anything./We didn’t see much. 我们几乎什么都没有看到。 Tourists come here but few stay overnight. 有游客到这里来,但很少有人过夜。相当于: Tourists come here but hadly any stay overnight. 有游客到这里来,但几乎没有人在这里过夜。 但如果 littl...