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less和little的区别

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less是little的比较级。little 很少;几乎没有,修饰不可数名词。There is little water in my glass.less 较少的意思, little/few 的比较级。Eat more vegetables and eat less meat.

less和little的区别

less是形容词,修饰不可数名词,指数量、程度或大小较少;little是形容词,修饰不可数名词或可数名词的单数形式,多指不可数名词的数量较少。

我们在学习英语的时候,经常会学到一些看上去意思差不多的英语单词,比如说less和little,但是实际上二者的差别还是非常明显的,little的意思是少的,几乎没有的,而less是little的比较级,意思是更少的。

在用法方便,less和little也有 很明显的不同。less一般用作名词,表示“较少、更少”,主要作宾语,但是也可以作主语和表语。另外,在用作形容词的时候,通常与不可数名词连用。

little单独使用的时候表示少量甚至是几乎没有,强调“少”,little之后是可以直接跟名词的,不需要介词of,但是若是后面的名词受到限定词的影响,那么必须用介词of。

less的用法

1、用作名词 (n.)可以作宾语、主语、表语等:

There is less to do in this job than the last.

这份工作没有上份工作量大。

It seems less of a threat than I'd expected.

威胁性似乎比我预料的要小。

2、adj.

较小的;较少的(little的比较级);较次的,较劣的;较不重要的

注意,作为little的比较级时常常修饰不可数名词,但是,也有罕见的修饰可数名词的情况:

He was advised to smoke fewer cigarettes and drink less beer.

有人劝他少抽烟、少喝啤酒。

less butter/time/importance

较少的黄油 / 时间;次要

Less oil was produced this year than last.

今年的石油产量比去年的少。

I received less money than the others did.

我比别人收到的钱要少。

The couple seem to spend less and less time together

两口子在一起的时间似乎越来越少。

注意:

I did expect more food and less people.(罕见)

我的确期望食物更多而人更少。

There were less cars on the road then.那时马路上小汽车很少。(罕见)

3、adv.

较少;较小;更少;更小;没那么多;少

可修饰形容词或副词表示程度;修饰动词表示次数、程度或数量等:

People should eat less fat to reduce the risk of heart disease.

人们应该减少脂肪摄入,以降低患心脏病的危险。

I often think about those less fortunate than me

我经常想到那些没我这么幸运的人。

few、little、a few、a little如何区分

1、few 后面跟复数可数名词。例如:

There are few books in his room.

There are few students in his class.

2、little 后面跟单数不可数名词。例如:

He has few friends.

他没有几个朋友。

They has little money.

他们没有什么钱。

3、a few 与 a little 都表示肯定的意思,指“有一点,有一些”。a few 后加可数名词复数。例如:

I'm going to buy a few bananas.

a little 后加不可数名词单数。例如:

I can speak only a little Chinese.

4、a little 与 little 也可以用作副词, 表示“有点”“稍稍” 表示“很少”。例如:

---Can you speak English?

----Yes, but only a little.

This book is a little more difficult than that one.(可修饰形容词比较级)

She slept little last night.

昨天晚上,她没有怎么睡觉。

5、a few / a little 为肯定含义,还有一点;few / little为否定含义,没有多少了。

例如:

He has a few friends.

他有几个朋友。

He has few friends.

他几乎没有朋友。

We still have a little time.

我们还有点时间。

There is little time left.

几乎没剩下什么时间了。

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