形容詞:一些的、幾個的
常見搭配詞:
- few words
沈默寡言 - few years
沒幾年 - very few
幾乎沒有幾個的 - a few
有一些的 - quite a few / a good few / not a few
還蠻多的 - the few / somebody’s few + 複數名詞
少數的那幾個 / 某人僅有的… - as few as 3 out of 20 +複數名詞
竟少到只有二十分之三個… - be few and far between
非常少
例句:
- I have very few friends.
我幾乎沒有什麼朋友 - She bought a few things from the market.
她在市場買了一些東西 - I saw quite a few teenagers in the pub.
在那個酒吧裡,我看到蠻多青少年的 - When I was little, few children went to kindergarten.
我小時候,幾乎沒幾個小孩上幼稚園 - He is a man of few words.
他是個沈默寡言的人 - He has no fewer than two hundred students.
他有不少於兩百個學生 - Few people want low-paid jobs.
沒什麼人要低薪的工作 - He was one of the few people that survived the fire.
他是那場火災中,少數的幾個生還者之一 - As few as 3 students failed the test.
僅僅只有三個人考試不及格 - Due to the pandemic, tourists are few and far between.
因為疫情,遊客非常少(鳳毛麟角) - Fewer people work from home these days.
最近較少人在家上班 - We get fewer complaints than usual.
我們接到比平常還少的投訴
同義詞:
- not many = a few
- hardly any = few
- some =quite a few
代名詞:一些、幾個
常見搭配詞:
- few / a few
幾乎沒有 / 有一些 - quite a few
還蠻多 - a few of + the (所有格、these / those) + 複數名詞
一些… - few / a few of them (受格)
…之中沒幾個 / 有一些 - the privileged / chosen few
有特權的 / 精選出的極少數人 - the few
少數的那些 - to name just a few
僅舉幾個例子
例句:
- She have got a lot of books, but I just have a few.
她有很多書,但我只有幾本 - He gave me a few of his clothes.
他給我一些他的衣服 - Only the chosen few have access to such information.
只有那些少之又少的特權人士才能得到這樣的訊息 - In recent years, extreme weather events have occurred frequently, including floods in China, heatwaves in Canada, and draughts in Africa, to name just a few.
最近幾年來,極端氣候事件頻繁發生,中國的水災、加拿大的熱浪、還有非洲乾旱,栗子繁多,舉不勝舉 - The police arrested hundreds of demonstrators, not a few of whom were teenagers.
警察逮捕了數百個示威人士,其中,有為數不少的青少年 - I think a good few of the others were disappointed.
我覺得有不少人都很失望
同義詞:
- not many = a few
- hardly any = few
- some =quite a few