a few
用法
(1)a few含肯定意义,相当于some/several/a small number of。在非正式文体中,一般用only a few代替。例如:
① They have a few/some/several/a small number of apples in their basket.
在他们的篮子里有几个苹果。
② Only a few people attended the meeting.
只有几个人参加了那次会议。
(2)当a few前面有not或no修饰few时,表示“颇有几个”之意,相当于quite a few/a good few/many。例如:
Not a few/No few/Quite a few/A good few/Many of my friends have been to Hong Kong.
我有不少朋友都去过香港。
(3)当few受every,last,next,past,some,very等词修饰时,表示肯定意义,few之前不再加冠词a。例如:
① In the last few minutes,he checked up his paper again.
在最后几分钟,他再次检查了 ...... (共2091字) [阅读本文]>>