less通常表示更少的，較少的，少量；通常用在不可數(shù)名詞。fewer通常表示少的，越來越少的，較少的；用在可數(shù)名詞之前。

less和fewer的區(qū)別有什么

1、原型不同：

less的原型是little，fewer的原型是few。

2、用法不同：

less用于修飾抽象、不可數(shù)的名詞，如：There was much less noise in the park after the children left.孩子們離開后，公園里安靜了許多。

fewer用于修飾可數(shù)名詞，如：The weather became worse and there were fewer climbers.天氣變差，爬山的人少了很多。

less和fewer的例句

1. Fewer than 7% of asylum seekers areaccepted as political refugees.

尋求避難者中有不到7%的人被視作政治難民。

2. The report shows that fewer couplesare getting hitched.

報(bào)告顯示，結(jié)婚的人數(shù)呈下降趨勢(shì)。

3. Childbirth now held fewer terrors forher than it once had.

她現(xiàn)在不像原來那樣害怕分娩了。

4. less butter/time/importance

較少的黃油 / 時(shí)間;次要

5.He was advised to smoke fewercigarettes and drink less beer.

有人勸他少抽煙、少喝啤酒。