few和a few的用法

few用法：few意为“几乎没有/很少”等，用于可数名词，否定用法；a few用法：a few意为“一点点/有几个/一些”等，用于修饰可数名词，肯定用法，当要与一段时间连用时，常使用a few。

【few 和 a few 的用法区别】

a few：一点点，用于修饰可数名词，肯定用法；a few的意思与few不同，它没有否定含义，它表示“有几个”，有时甚至还表示“一些

当要与一段时间连用时，我们总是用a few，不用few。

few：后跟可数名词复数，意思是几乎没有、很少、很少的、几乎没有的等，用于可数名词，否定用法，修饰可数名词复数。

【few 用法例句】

· George decided it was such a rare car that he would only use it for a few shows

乔治认为这辆车非常稀罕，所以他只会拿它展示很少的几次。

· The reality is that only a few young people will go into teaching.

实际情况是，只有很少的年轻人会去当教师。

· I made only a few small changes to the report.

我对报告只做了几处小改动。

· In my experience, very few people really understand the problem.

据我的经验看，真正理解这个问题的人很少。

· A few kind words at the right time make all the difference.

在适当的时候说几句体贴话效果迥然不同。

【a few 用法例句】

· Only with a few people could she be her real self.

只有和几个人在一起时，她才能表现出真实的自我。

· Only a few people spoke in support of the proposal.

只有几个人表示支持这一提议。

· A few kind words at the right time make all the difference.

在适当的时候说几句体贴话效果迥然不同。

· Just a few years ago the picture was very different.

几年前的情况就大不相同。

· I went to a few parties and had a good time.

我参加了几次聚会，过得很愉快。

· There are still a few residual problems with the computer program.

电脑程序还有一些残留问题。