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a few 和a little的具体区别

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a few 和a little的具体区别  a few 和a little 都是用来表示少量的,那么它们的具体区别是什么呢?
  (1) (a) few用在复数可数名词之前,(a) little用在遥数名词之前。
  He took a few biscuits.
(=several)   He took few biscuits(=not many)   He took a little butter.
(=some)   He took little butter.
(=not much)   (2) few可由bardly any或almost no所取代,含否定的意味。
  The composition is well written; it has few (=hardly any) mistakes.
  Few (=Almost no) men can solve it.
  (3) a few相当于some, several, 含肯定的意味。
  He has a few (=some or several) friends.
  (4) a little和little之间的差别,就和a few和few的差别一样,只是(a) little须修饰遥数名词,表量或程度。
  He grows worse; there is little hope of his recovery.
  He is not much better, but there is a little hope.