few-a-few-little-a-little的区别

few,afew,little,alittle虽然都表示“少”，但（1）few,afew是可数的,little,alittle是不可数的。（2）afew,alittle含肯定意味，few,little含否定意味。这里所谓的“肯定意味”和“否定意味”应该这样来理解：同样是半杯水，口渴者会认为：Thereislittlewaterintheglass.而不口渴的人则会认为：Thereisalittlewaterintheglass.一：1．few修饰可数名词复数。2．few(=notmany;hardlyany)含否定意义；afew(=some;several;asmallnumberof)含肯定意义。3．notafew=nofew=quiteafew=agoodfew=many。4．当few受every,last,past,next,some,very等词所修饰时，表示肯定意义，few之前不再有冠词。如：Inthelastfewminutes,hecheckeduphispaperagain.Ittookussomefewdaystorepairthemachine.Theyareveryfewinnumber.Thereweretoofewofthem.Hegoestoseehisgrandmaeveryfewweeks.5．在非正式文体中很少见，一般用或代替，如：Onlyafewpeopleattendedthemeeting.另外，little/alittleLittleremainstobedoneaboutit.(作主语)Alittleremainstobedone.Pleasegivemealittle.(作宾语)Heknowsalittleofeverything.Thereisvery/butlittletimeleft.(作定语)Don’tworry;youstillhavealittletime.1．little修饰不可数名词，表示“量”。2．little含否定意义(反义词：much)；alittle含肯定意义(反义词：none)。3．在非正式英语中，一般很少用little，常用notmuch,onlyalittle来代替，如：Wehaven’tgotmuchmoney/time.