Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:
few [fjuː]
I adj
1
(=not many) 少数(數)的 shǎoshù de
- She has few friends.
她的朋友不多。 Tā de péngyou bùduō.
2
▶ a few (=some) 几(幾)个(個) jǐ gè
- She has a few friends.
她有几(幾)个(個)朋友。 Tā yǒu jǐ gè péngyou.
II pron
1
▶ a few (=some) 几(幾)个(個) jǐ gè
(=not many) 很少几(幾)个(個) hěn shǎo jǐ gè
- Many of us tried and a few succeeded.
我们(們)中的许(許)多人都试(試)了,只有几(幾)个(個)成功了。 Wǒmen zhōng de xǔduō rén dōu shì le,zhǐyǒu jǐ gè chénggōng le.
(=not many) 很少几(幾)个(個) hěn shǎo jǐ gè
- Many of us tried but few succeeded.
我们(們)中的许(許)多人都试(試)了,但很少几(幾)个(個)成功了。 Wǒmen zhōng de xǔduō rén dōu shì le,dàn hěn shǎo jǐ gè chénggōng le.
2
▶ in the next few days 在接下来(來)的几(幾)天里(裡) zài jiēxiàlái de jǐ tiān li
- in the past few days
在过(過)去的几(幾)天里(裡) zài guòqù de jǐ tiān li - every few days/months
每几(幾)天/几(幾)个(個)月 měi jǐ tiān/jǐ gè yuè - a few of us/them
我们(們)/他们(們)中的几(幾)个(個) wǒmen/tāmen zhōng de jǐ gè - a few more
再多几(幾)个(個) zài duō jǐ gè - very few survive
极(極)少幸(倖)存 jí shǎo xìngcún - a good few or quite a few
相当(當)多 xiāngdāng duō - as few as
竟少到 jìng shǎodào - they are few and far between
他们(們)简(簡)直是凤(鳳)毛麟角 tāmen jiǎnzhí shì fèng máo lín jiǎo
few 和 a few 都用在可数名词的复数形式之前,但意义不同。例如,I have a few friends 表示肯定含义,表示你有一些朋友。然而,I have few friends 表示否定含义,即你几乎没有朋友。
在这些条目还发现'few':
在英文解释里:
a small percentage
- beautiful people
- briefly
- chosen people
- concisely
- couple
- do very little business
- elite group
- elitism
- elitist
- handful
- hardly any
- have little in common
- in chains
- in short supply
- inside joke
- laconically
- light
- low calorie
- low carb
- monosyllabic
- not enough
- not many
- not so many
- oligopoly
- once or twice
- only
- primary education
- rehash
- run short
- scantily
- scantily clad
- several
- slow
- small business
- small firm
- some
- sparse
- spot with rain
- underpopulated
中文: