few

few音标

英 [fju:]

美 [fju]

few翻译

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;

双语释义

adj.(形容词)不多的,很少not manypron.(代词)少数,很少,几个a small number; but at least some

英英释义

few[ fju: ]

n.an indefinite but relatively small number

"they bought a case of beer and drank a few"

a small elite group

"it was designed for the discriminating few"

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

"a few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an invalid's pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses were still blooming"; "few women have led troops in battle"

few用法

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)~+名词few words沉默寡言few years没有几年用作代词 (pron.)动词+~have few喝几杯形容词+~chosen〔select〕 few精选出的少数faithful few少数几个忠诚的人介词+~for few为少数人of few在…中的几个

词组短语

quite a few不少,相当多

only a few很少;只有几个;几乎没有

a few days ago几天前

every few每隔几…

few words沉默寡言的人,少言寡语的

some few不少,有一些

few and far between稀少;彼此相距很远;不常发生

in a few days过几天;不日;在几天后

no fewer than不少于;不低于;多达

these last few days最近几天

with few exceptions极少例外

a good few相当多

with a few exceptions有些例外

at the fewest至少

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

several, little, few

这组词都有“少量的”的意思,其区别是:

several修饰可数名词的复数形式,指至少有3个,但不会超过5、6个。

little只修饰不可数名词,含否定意义。

few只修饰可数名词的复数形式,侧重指数量非常少,给人一种模糊概念,含否定意义。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)We saw few students there.

我们在那儿几乎没看见学生。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。Very few girls went to school then.

那时几乎没有女孩子去上学。Only a few of my friends were informed about it.

这件事只有我的几个朋友知道It's easy to while a few hours away in a museum.

在博物馆里很容易打发掉几个小时。My time is precious; I can only give you a few minutes.

我的时间很宝贵,我只能见你几分钟。用作代词(pron.)Few of us have his address.

我们中几乎没有人知道他的地址。

权威例句

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Learning Generative Visual Models from Few Training Examples: An Incremental Bayesian Approach Tested on 101 Object Categories

Learning generative visual models from few training examples: An incremental Bayesian approach tested on 101 object categories

Definition and Response to the Problem of "Many Cases but Few Judges"——From the Perspective of Optimization within the Court