内涵不同
few意思是“少数的,不多的,几乎没有”,意在表达数量少;little意思是“小的,少的,几乎没有”,包含两层含义,一是表达“体积小”,二是表达数量少。
用法不同
few后面加可数名词复数,little后面加不可数名词。举例说明:
例1:There are few students in the class.
教室里还有少数的学生。
例2:There is little water in the kitchen.
厨房里还有很少的水。
few
1、Mr Brown, could you spare a few minutes?
布朗先生,你能抽出一点儿时间吗?
2、Four decades later, equally few people have heard of Rob Carlson.
四十多年后,听说过罗伯·卡尔森(Rob Carlson)的人同样很少。
3、The facts are buried in a few old books.
那些事实只有在几本旧书中才能找到。
little
1、We had a tiny little room which was christened Hades.
我们有一个非常小的房间,取名哈得斯。
2、You've had chess on the brain since you were little.
你从很小的时候就对下棋产生了浓厚兴趣。
3、It'll take a year, at the very least.
这至少需要一年时间。