If I ask you about women, you'll probably give me a syllabus of your personal favorites. You may have even been laid a few times. But you can't tell me what it feels like to wake up next to a woman and feel truly happy.

——Good Will Hunting

如果我问关于女人的事, 你大可以向我如数家珍,你可能上过几次床,但你没法说出当自己在女人身旁醒来时,那份涌自内心真正的喜悦。 

——《心灵捕手》

一、关于few,你应该知道的用法有

adj.

很少的;几乎没有的

He is a man of few words.

他是个沉默寡言的人。

 

n.

1.很少数

This should not be an experience for the few.

这不应是少数几个人的经历。

 

pron.

很少

Few know and few care.

很少有人知道,也很少有人关心。

 

二、词义辨析:有哪些词汇能表示“少量的”的意思

little, few, several

这几个词用作形容词时均含“少量的”之意。

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。

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。

 

三、下面我们来学习一下含有few的常见短语

a few

少许,少数

 

四、最后,做个填词游戏吧

___ people understand the difference.
很少有人了解这个差别。