few是可數(shù)的。例句:Real power belongs to thefew。真正的權(quán)力掌握在少數(shù)人手中。Matches cost only afewpence.火柴只需幾便士。

few的用法

adj.很少的；很少；（與復(fù)數(shù)名詞和復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）有些；幾乎沒(méi)有的。

pron.很少；有些（人、事物、地方）；（與復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）少數(shù)人；不和…一般多。

n.很少數(shù)。

few用來(lái)強(qiáng)調(diào)小數(shù)目的否定意義，相當(dāng)于說(shuō)“很少”或“幾乎沒(méi)有”，它的含義是該數(shù)目令人失望或令人吃驚的小。如：

Few people like snakes. 很少有人喜歡蛇。

I know few of them. 他們當(dāng)中我?guī)缀醪徽J(rèn)識(shí)什么人。

a few的意思與few不同，它沒(méi)有否定含義，它表示“有幾個(gè)”，有時(shí)甚至還表示“一些”。如：

After a few tries they gave up. 試過(guò)幾次之后他們就放棄了。

當(dāng)要與一段時(shí)間連用時(shí)，我們總是用a few，不用few。如：

We need a place where we can stay for a few days. 我們需要一個(gè)能住幾天的地方。

另外，還要注意not a few和quite a few這兩個(gè)短語(yǔ)，不要誤認(rèn)為它們是反義詞，其實(shí)它們幾乎是同義詞，都可表示“不少”“相當(dāng)多”的意思。如：

Not a few of the members were absent. 不少會(huì)員未出席。

Quite a few of us are worried. 我們不少人很著急。

few的短語(yǔ)

every few

1. (尤指時(shí)間單位)每隔幾…一次

她每隔幾周探望一次。

she visits every few weeks.

few and far between

1. 稀少，罕有;稀疏

我難得有靈感。

my inspired moments are few and far between.

a good few

1. (英)大量的，許多的

多年來(lái)它一直揮之不去。

it had been around for a good few years.

have a few

1. (非正式)喝得微醉

no fewer than

1. [強(qiáng)調(diào)數(shù)字大得驚人] 不少于，多達(dá)

不同的品牌名稱(chēng)多達(dá)70種。

there are no fewer than seventy different brand names.

not a few

1. 眾多的，大量的，可觀(guān)的

他的小說(shuō)犯了眾怒。

his fiction has caused not a few readers to see red.

quite a few

1. 相當(dāng)多的，不少的

這事許多人都干得了。

quite a few people can do it.

some few

1. 一些，有些

同義詞辨析：

little, few, several

這幾個(gè)詞用作形容詞時(shí)均含"少量的"之意。

little ： 只修飾不可數(shù)名詞，含否定意義。

few ： 只修飾可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式，側(cè)重指數(shù)量非常少，給人一種模糊概念，含否定意義。

several ： 修飾可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式，指至少有3個(gè)，但不會(huì)超過(guò)5、6個(gè)。