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  • Conjugation : more  fewer ; most  fewest
  • Derivatives : n  fewness
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

few [fjuː]
  1. 1. adjective (not many) 少数的
    She has few friends.
    她的朋友不多。
  2. 2. adjective a few (some) 几个
    She has a few friends.
    她有几个朋友。
  3. 3. pronoun a few (some) 几个
    Many of us tried and a few succeeded.
    我们中的许多人都试了，只有几个成功了。
  4. 4. pronoun (not many) 很少几个
    Many of us tried but few succeeded.
    我们中的许多人都试了，但很少几个成功了。
  5. 5. pronoun in the next few days 在接下来的几天里
    in the past few days
    在过去的几天里
    every few days/months
    每几天/几个月
    a few of us/them
    我们/他们中的几个
    a few more
    再多几个
    very few survive
    极少幸存
    a good few {or} quite a few
    相当多
    as few as
    竟少到
    they are few and far between
    他们简直是凤毛麟角

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

few [fju] [fjuː]
  1. 1. adjective [表示否定]不多的，很少的，几乎没有的；[a few][表示肯定]少数的；小量的，少许，几（个）
    Few seats were left.
    空座不多。
    A few people came.
    来了几个人。
    She asked me to bring a few things back from my trip to New York.
    她让我在去纽约旅游时给她带些东西。
  2. 2. pronoun [表示否定]不多，很少（的人或物），几乎没有；[a few][表示肯定]少数，几个（人或物）
  3. 3. noun [表示否定]不多，很少（的人或物），几乎没有；[a few][表示肯定]少数，几个（人或物）
    Many left, few stayed.
    大多数走了，少数人留下。
    A few of the men wore hats.
    这些男人中有几个戴着帽子。

Collins English-English Dictionary

few [fjuː]
  1. 1. determiner a small number of; hardly any
    few men are so cruel
  2. 2. determiner (as pronoun; functioning as plural)
    many are called but few are chosen
  3. 3. determiner [preceded by a] a small number of
    a few drinks
  4. 4. determiner (as pronoun; functioning as plural)
    a few of you
  5. 5. determiner at great intervals; widely spaced
  6. 6. determiner not abundant; scarce
  7. 7. n [Etymology] Old English feawa; related to Old High German fao little, Old Norse far little, silent
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Examples

a good few {or} quite a few
相当多 → few
Few seats were left.
空座不多。 → few
A few people came.
来了几个人。 → few
Many left, few stayed.
大多数走了，少数人留下。 → few
A few of the men wore hats.
这些男人中有几个戴着帽子。 → few
a matter of a few days
大约几天；几天左右 → matter
a few odd volumes of Dickens
零星的几卷狄更斯小说 → odd
a few short weeks
短短几周 → short
a few stray words
一些零碎的词语 → stray
a price of 1.00，give or take a few cents
1美元的价格，上下差不了几分钱
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nciku Note

fewer & less 辨析

less I drink less milk than he does.

fewer There were fewer days below freezing last winter. “fewer”用来表示数量少，而“less”用来表示程度低。 The general rule is to use fewer for things which you can count, and less for things which you can only measure.

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