few

[fju:]

adj.很少的, 少数的, 几个
pron.少数
n.少量

a.

1. 很少数的; 几乎没有的

There are fewer boys than girls in my class.

我班上男生比女生少。

There were few people in the streets.

街上人很少。

2. (与a连用)有些, 几个[Z]

He has a few friends in this city.

他在这个城市里有几个朋友。

pron.[K]

1. 很少数; 几乎没有

Few of my acquaintances like Sarah.

我的熟人中很少有人喜欢萨拉。

2. (与a或the连用)一些, 几个

Only a few of my friends were informed about it.

这件事只有我的几个朋友知道。

词形变化

形容词比较级: fewer | 形容词最高级: fewest | 名词: fewness |

词义辨析

同义:

a.很少数的; 有些, 几个

not many  small number  very little  

反义:

a.少数的

many  

英英释义

名词 few:

an indefinite but relatively small number

a small elite group

形容词 few:

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number

短语词组

a good few

1. 相当多

You'll have to wait a good few weeks.

你必须等好几个星期。

few and far between

1. 罕见稀少的

Goods of high quality are few and far between these days.

质地精美上乘的物品现在不多见。

quite a few

1. 相当多

Quite a few of the students were late.

不少学生迟到了。

补充

fewfew英:[fju:] 美:[fju]adj.1.不多的, 很少He is a man of few words.他是个沉默寡言的人。Changes in policy were few.政策很少变化。pron.1.少数, 很少, 几个Only[So] few of them care to sing a song.他们没几个人愿意去唱支歌。Some few of the students are absent today.有些同学今天缺席。

例句

1. She has a few friends.她有几个朋友。 2. We waited a few more days.我们又等了一些日子。 3. 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。 4. every few minutes每隔几分钟 5. She has few friends.她几乎没有朋友。 6. They were few in number.他们在数量上少得很。 7. very few people极少数的人 8. As few as one in five of them can read.五人中只有一人识字。 9. quite a few people相当多的人 10. He was a good few years older than me.他比我大好几岁。 11. 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。 12. The trouble is that few want to buy.问题是没什么人愿意买。 13. Very few survive the first week.没有几个人挺过第一周。 14. 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。 15. How many apples do you want?—I'll have a few.你要多少苹果？——我要几个。 16. a few of us我们几个人 17. 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。 18. I'd like a few more.我想再要一些。 19. Successful women politicians used to be few and far between.过去成功的女政治家凤毛麟角。 20. Opportunities like this are few and far between.像这样的机会很罕见。 21. I could see that he had had a few.我看得出他喝多了。 22. No fewer than five people lost their lives.至少五人丧生。 23. not a few who had come from remote towns and villages不少来自偏远村镇的人 24. How many people did you invite?—Quite a few.你邀请了多少人？——不少呢。 25. a system built on academic excellence for the few为少数人按学术成就搭建的体系 26. few seats were left.空座不多。 27. A few people came.来了几个人。 28. few of my friends were there.我的朋友中几乎没有人在那里。 29. Many left a few stayed.大多数走了，少数人留下。 30. A few of the men wore hats.这些男人中有几个戴着帽子。 31. Only the few are likely to enjoy this film.只有少数人可能会欣赏这部影片。 32. [as determiner]may I ask a few questions?.我可以问几个问题吗？。 33. [as pronoun]I will recount a few of the stories told me.我要讲几个我听过的故事。 34. many believe it but only a few are prepared to say.许多人都相信这回事，但只有几个人愿意说出来。 35. [as determiner]he had few friends.他几乎没朋友。 36. [as pronoun]few thought to challenge these assumptions.几乎没人想过去质疑这些假设。 37. very few of the titles have any literary merit.这些书刊几乎没有几本有文学价值。 38. a club with as few as 20 members.只有20个成员的俱乐部。 39. [comparative]a population of fewer than two million.不足200万的人口。 40. [as adj.]sewing was one of her few pleasures.缝纫是她为数不多的爱好之一。 41. comforts here are few.此处没有什么康乐设施。 42. [superlative]ask which products have the fewest complaints.问一下哪些产品投诉最少。 43. a world that increasingly belongs to the few.日益掌握在少数人手里的世界。 44. she visits every few weeks.她每隔几周探望一次。 45. my inspired moments are few and far between.我难得有灵感。 46. it had been around for a good few years.多年来它一直挥之不去。 47. there are no fewer than seventy different brand names.不同的品牌名称多达70种。 48. his fiction has caused not a few readers to see red.他的小说犯了众怒。 49. quite a few people can do it.这事许多人都干得了。 50. few people live to be 100.很少人活到100岁。 51. There are fewer cars here today than yesterday.今天这里的汽车比昨天少。 52. few of the players played really well.这些球员只有少数称得上球技精湛。 53. a few people几个人 54. a few hours/days/years几小时╱天╱年 55. I'll meet you later. I've got a few things to do first.我们过一会儿见。我先要办几件事情。 56. I knew a few of the people there.那里有几个人我是认得的。 57. Pubs are a bit few and far between in this area.这个地区酒馆十分少见。 58. It's been a good few years since I saw him last.我跟他已经有许多年没有见面了。 59. few people came.来的人很少。 60. the next/last/past few weeks接下来的/最近/过去几周 61. I know (very) few people in the class.班里的人我几乎不认识。 62. Music is one of my (very) few pleasures.音乐是我仅有的几项乐趣之一。 63. He caught fewer fish than the rest of us.他抓到的鱼比我们其他人抓到的都要少。 64. There are fewer children at the school this year.今年来这所学校上学的孩子更少了。 65. "Not many people came, but the few people who did enjoyed themselves."来的人不多，但是来的那几个人玩得很尽兴。 66. few (if any) people understand me.（如果有的话）理解我的人少之又少。 67. Only/Just a few people came.只来了几个人。 68. We went out for a few drinks after work.下班后我们出去喝了几杯。 69. I know a few people in the class.我认识班里的几个人。 70. The train leaves in a few minutes.火车几分钟后就要驶离。 71. Quite a few students from our high school go on to college.我们高中有不少学生上了大学。 72. The procedure is recommended by as few as [=only] one out of five doctors.只有五分之一的医生推荐这种手术。 73. As few as half the students passed the test.只有一半学生通过了考试。 74. Really good movies are few and far between. [=there are not many really good movies]真正的好电影并不多见。 75. Opportunities like that are few and far between.像那样的机会太少了。 76. "No fewer than 1,000 people attended the meeting."至少有1000人参加了大会。 77. No fewer than 80 percent of registered voters turned out for the primary.至少有80%的登记选民参加了初选投票。 78. a man/woman of few words沉默寡言的男子/女子 79. (Very) few came.来的人（非常）少。 80. "His stories may be entertaining, but few (if any) are true. = They may be entertaining, but few (if any) of his stories are true."他的故事或许有趣，但（即使有的话）没几个是真实的。 81. "There are many students in the class, but I know very few (of them)."班里有很多同学，但（其中）我认识的没几个。 82. "“Never…was so much owed by so many to so few.”Sir Winston Churchill, Speech (August, 1940)温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士，1940年8月演讲"“从未有过…如此少的人让如此多的人如此感恩戴德。” 83. A few came.来了几个人。 84. I bought several magazines and I read a few (of them).我买了一些杂志，读了（其中的）几本。 85. "Unfortunately, a few of the people who came failed to enjoy themselves."遗憾的是，来客中有几位玩得不尽兴。 86. We gave away most of the photographs but we kept a few (of them).我们把大多数照片都送人了，只留了（其中）几张。 87. They sold a few of the books.他们卖掉了其中几本书。 88. She met a few of my relatives.她和我的几位亲戚会过面了。 89. "Not all our students go on to college, but quite a few (of them) do. [=a large number of our students do]"我们的学生虽然不是全部上大学，但上大学的相当多。 90. A select few will receive advance tickets.少数被选中的几个人将获得预售票。 91. A sophisticated movie like this only appeals to the discriminating few.像这样一部难懂的电影只能吸引部分小众群体。 92. We could tell from his slurred speech that he'd had a few.从他那含糊不清的话语中我们可以断定他喝多了。 93. It looks like she had a few too many.看上去她好像喝多了。