A little alitte bit 等用法
a little(少的)表示肯定意义,修饰不可数名词,如 a little love(一点儿爱)
a few(一些)表示肯定意义,修饰的是可数名词如 a few apples(一些苹果)【注意这时如果用there be 句型be动词要用复数形式】如there are a few apples
little (少的)否定意义,修饰不可数名词如little love(没多少爱)few(一些)否定意义,修饰可数名词如few apples(没多少苹果))【注意这时如果用there be 句型be动词要用单数形式】如there is few apples
a bit(有点)修饰形容词如 a bit far(有点远) 修饰形容词时在肯定句中用法和a little一样【注意否定时区别not a bit = not at all 一点儿也不,毫不not a little = much不是一点儿,非常
a bit of(一点)后面加不可数名词
a little bit (有几分有点儿)是固定词组常加形容词或或比较级 a little bit longer(再长一点点)
few, little前不加a时:
a. 通常表示否定含义,译作“几乎没有”。
如He made few mistakes. (注:few后仍接复数名词) / There is little coffee here, is there?
b. 在有些词组中,few前也不加a,却不表示否定含义。
如every few weeks (“每隔几周”), another few books (“另几本书”)
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a few, a little, a bit的用法:
a few译作“几个”,a little, a bit译作“有点儿”。
它们具有名词、形容词或副词的特点,在句中可充当主语、宾语、定语或状语。
1.名词性词组:a few代替复数名词,a little, a bit代替不可数名词。
如My answers are wrong. Tell me a few. / There is no milk in my glass, give me a little (= a bit), please.
2.形容词性词组:a few修饰复数名词,a little修饰不可数名词,
a bit加上of后修饰不可数名词。
如 a few dictionaries / a little water (= a bit of water)
3.副词性词组:a little, a bit可修饰形容词、副词的原级或比较级。
a few不可。
如I’m a little (= a bit) cold. / He is a little (= a bit) taller than Tom.
注:(1) a bit还可写成a little bit,a bit of还可写成a little bit of (3)当few, little, bit前有quite, just, only时,必须加a。
quite a few 译作“许多的”,等于many,quite a little / bit也译作“许多的”,等于much。
just a few / little / bit译作“就一点儿”,only a few / little / bit译作“仅仅一点儿”。
(4)当few, little, bit后有more时,必须加a。
a few more译作“另/再几个”,a little / bit more译作“另/再一点儿”。
如I want a few more bananas. / Give me a little more fruit.
(5)否定时,not a little译作“很、非常”(即“不是一点点”),相当于
very或very much;not a bit译作“一点儿也不”,相当于not at all。
如She isn’t a little angry. (“她很生气”) / She isn’t a bit angry. (“她一点儿也不生气”)
(6) few还有“少的”意思。
如This school has fewer classes.
little还有“小的”意思。
如She’s a little girl.。