fewer
美 [fju]
英 [fju?] 
- adj.幾個;很少
- adv.幾個;很少
- n.幾個;幾乎沒有;(對“多數”說的)少數
- pron.一些;很少人(或事物、地方);有些(人、事物、地方);不和…一般多
- 網絡更少;較少的;更少的
詞形變化
比較級:fewer 最高級:fewest 反義詞
英漢雙解
1. | (與復數名詞和復數動詞連用)不多,很少used with plural nouns and a plural verb to mean ‘not many’ |
| Few people understand the difference. 很少有人了解這個差別。 |
| There seem to be fewer tourists around this year. 今年來訪的旅游者似乎少了。 |
| Very few students learn Latin now. 現在學拉丁語的學生少得很。 |
2. | (與復數名詞和復數動詞連用)有些,幾個used with plural nouns and a plural verb to mean ‘a small number’, ‘some’ |
| We've had a few replies. 我們已得到了一些答復。 |
| I need a few things from the store. 我需要從商店買些東西。 |
| Quite a few people are going to arrive early. 相當多的人打算早到。 |
| I try to visit my parents every few weeks . 我盡量每隔幾個星期看望一次父母。 |
1. | 很少人(或事物、地方)not many people, things or places |
| Very few of his books are worth reading. 他的書值得讀的太少了。 |
| You can pass with as few as 25 points. 只需要 25 分就可以及格。 |
| Few will argue with this conclusion. 很少有人會不同意這個結論。 |
2. | 有些(人、事物、地方);一些a small number of people, things or places; some |
| I recognized a few of the other people. 我認出了一些其他的人。 |
| I've seen most of his movies. Only a few are as good as his first one. 他的電影多數我都看過。只有少數幾部能與他的第一部媲美。 |
| Could you give me a few more details? 你能再給我提供一些詳情嗎? |
| Fewer than 20 students passed all the exams. 不到 20 個學生考試全部及格。 |
| There are no fewer than 100 different species in the area. 這個地區有不少于 100 個不同物種。 |
4. | (與復數動詞連用)少數人used with a plural verb to mean ‘a small group of people’ |
| Real power belongs to the few. 真正的權力掌握在少數人手中。 |
| She was one of the chosen few(= the small group with special rights) . 她屬于少數享有特權的人。 |
習慣用語
few and far between
稀少;稀疏;不常發生not frequent; not happening often
quite a few
相當多;不少a fairly large number
| I've been there quite a few times. 我去過那里好多次了。 |
have had a few
喝醉了;已醉to have had enough alcohol to make you drunk
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
China's milk disaster might have been averted , or fewer people affected, had China's leaders permitted journalists to do their jobs.
如果中國領導人之前允許記者正常開展工作,中國的毒牛奶事件有可能避免,或者不會有那么多人受到影響。
Or, to put it another way, fewer bad teachers. The obvious policy solution is more pay for good teachers, more dismissals for weak teachers.
最立竿見影能解決問題的政策就是給有資質的老師加薪,讓沒本事的老師走人。
Fewer Americans are ready to accept testing or other real or perceived threats to their privacy or individual rights.
很少美國人作好準備接受考驗或對他們隱私或個人權益及其它真實的或能感受得到的威脅。
Morgan Stanley now is trying to redefine itself as a firm that advises investors and companies, taking fewer risks on its own balance sheet.
摩根士丹利眼下正試圖重新為自身定位,將重點轉向為投資者和公司提供咨詢服務,降低自身資產負債表承受的風險。
The reserve control panel. It has fewer buttons, lights and levers, but it is still able to make the main operations.
備用控制面板。它的按鈕、顯示燈和操作桿都更少,但同樣能夠進行主要的操作。
SINCE 2006 Japan has had no fewer than five prime ministers. Three of them lasted just a year.
2006年以來,日本已經有過5位首相,其中的三位僅在任一年。
The advantage of the British system with its fewer opportunities to cast vetoes is clear when it comes to passing budgets.
英國政治體制中較少用到“否決票”的優勢在通過預算法案時表現得尤為明顯。
Fewer dead to leave their houses such was the intensity of the bombardment.
很少有死者因為爆炸事件的加劇而離開他們的家園。
And in laying it out I even determined that if I had designed it differently, the layout would have fewer holes in the board.
并奠定了它,我什至決定,如果我有不同的設計,布局將有更少的漏洞局。
At least there are fewer people being killed than were a year ago and fewer than might have been killed had things gone on as they were.
至少,比起一年前來,現在已經沒有那么多人被殺害和將會被殺害。
That appeared to leave investors with fewer traders to take the other side of their orders.
這顯然使市場中能接手投資者指令的交易者變得更少。
In such a day, in September or October, Walden is a perfect forest mirror, set round with stones as precious to my eye as if fewer or rarer.
在這樣的一天里,九月或十月,瓦爾登是森林的一面十全十美的明鏡,它四面用石子鑲邊,我看它們是珍貴而稀世的。
"I would rather see fewer foreclosures and housing prices bottoming out to decide that the credit crisis is drawing to a close, " she said.
“而我寧愿看到更少的取消抵押品贖回權和房價的觸底回升,以此來判定次級債危機走向結束,”她這樣說。
Well, I just read in the news that fewer and fewer businesses ask their employees to work five and a half days a week.
喔,我剛看到新聞說,有越來越少的公司要求員工一個禮拜工作五天半。
Each time, the Chairman and no fewer than two members chosen from the panel will form a Tribunal to hear the appeals.
每次須由主席及從該小組中選出至少兩名成員組成審裁處,就上訴進行聆訊。
When I visit these countries, I am amazed by how much they accomplish with far fewer resources - and how eagerly they embrace innovation.
在訪問這些國家時,我發現他們在用最少的資源辦最多的事,他們是迫切地想把科技帶入教育。
Certainly, many part-time jobs are not the pick of the bunch. They tend to be low -pay, low - status and with fewer benefits.
當然,許多兼職工作不是最好的,它們往往是低薪,低層次,而且津貼較少。
It was facilitated, rather, by an increase in credit, so that now the average American family has no fewer than 13 credit cards.
然而,信貸卻得到增長,而且極為便利,所以如今普通美國家庭擁有的信用卡數量不下13張。
In some smaller restaurants with fewer people dining, like the case of a couple of diners, the measure's adoption could be optional.
有一些小餐館就餐人數比較少,比如一兩個人、兩三個人,可以有一些隨意的情況。
That makes it easier to digest, so even though the stuff is no more calorific, the body uses fewer calories dealing with it.
即使加熱過程并不能增加食物卡路里含量,身體也不會像消化生食那樣消耗那么多的能量。
The foremost reason among them was the fact that she had fewer invitations than usual for the autumn.
其中主要的原因是今年秋季她接到的請柬比往年少了。
They have been able to trace the source in fewer than 40 per cent of reported cases.
已報道的病例中,找到病原的不到40%。
Here a more "elegant" method will be used, which will supply the same information in fewer steps.
這里將使用一種更巧妙的方法,只需要很少幾步就提供相同的信息。
If your body is consuming fewer calories than it's expending, something's got to go (see God, "The First Law of Thermodynamics" ).
如果你的身體消耗更少的熱量比它的花費,有什么地方去了(見上帝,他說:“熱力學第一定律”)。
Analysts also noted there was an improved quality of the earnings in the first quarter, which had fewer one-offs than in previous quarters.
分析師同時指出,瑞銀今年第一季度的業績質量有所改善,一次性收入少于前幾個季度。
He said the financial services industry would be-changed dramatically by the crisis, emerging with fewer competitors and more regulation.
他說,金融服務行業將會因危機而發生劇變,最終能留在業內的競爭者會更少,監管也會加強。
Also, if you do not wish to use the same number of containers in test that are in production, shorten the list and use fewer containers.
同樣,如果您不希望在測試中使用與生產中相同數目的容器,就縮短列表并使用較少容器。
And you know, when you educate a boy, his family tends to have fewer kids, but only slightly.
而一個接受了教育的女孩,會強烈地傾向于少要孩子。
"Private equity firms are investing in fewer companies and able to take fewer out in public markets, " said Deignan.
“私募股權公司投資的公司越來越少,上市退出的則更少了,”Deignan說道。
Feeling poorer and with fewer people prepared to lend them money, consumers are cutting back: witness the slump in car sales.
倍感貧困,無錢可借,消費者可謂如坐針氈,看看汽車銷量的陡然下滑便知一二。
Arthur was worried about his heart. He went to his doctor for an examination, and the doctor told him to eat fewer fatty foods.
亞瑟很擔心他的心臟。他去醫生那里檢查,醫生告訴他少吃些脂肪類食物。
River Zi dulcimer the words are fewer, just a little bit teeny point chin, above all to turn circular to in walk.
江梓笙話更少,只是微微點了點下巴,率先轉身向里走去。
There have been a few shock results this season that hopefully might mean the title is taken with fewer points than usual.
本賽季有不少冷門比賽,希望這意味著可以用更少的分數拿到冠軍。
Note that Instructables tends to feature more cool hacks and fewer simple fixes, but it's still worth a look.
注意:Instructables網特色在于提供許多不錯的工具,但是簡單的修理方法較少,但是仍然值得一看。
In comparison, surgeons in the U. S. typically perform one or two surgeries a day, five days a week, operating fewer than 60 hours.
相比之下,美國的外科醫生一般每天做一到兩臺手術,每周工作五天,每周做手術的時間少于60小時。
It is still likely to lay-off thousands of workers but probably far fewer than Fiat would have done if it had won the bidding.
現在仍有可能幾千失業人員但可能比菲亞特公司較少工人已經獲得工作,如果Magna已經中標。
"Italy stands out from many other European countries in the fact that fewer women return to work after maternity, " he said.
“在意大利,女性生產之后回到工作崗位的人數,少于其它許多歐洲國家,”他表示。
Myfirst impression upon receiving the book was that it was shorter (fewer pages)than I had expected.
我接觸該書的第一印象是它比我原先設想的要短(頁數不多)。
Continuing a trend I'd been noticing for a year at least, I've been seeing fewer movies in the theater.
正印證了“我至少會關注這件東西一年”的說法,我去影院看電影的次數越來越少。
That's because nature intended women to have fewer cycles by virtue of being pregnant much of the time, he said.
他說,人的天性是需要婦女多次懷孕從而減少排卵次數。人們擔心違反天性。相反,如果你沒生有。
Voituron is now testing whether the olm might have extra-efficient mitochondria that emit fewer free radicals to begin with.
Voituron目前正在測驗洞螈是不是有能夠釋放少量自由基的超高效的線粒體。
He seems to have had many fewer doubts about her.
不過他對她的懷疑倒是相對要少很多。
Not for running tales. She's wanted for her teats , not for her tongue. I'll have more milk from her, and fewer messages.
不是讓她去制造流言的。她被看中的是她的奶頭,不是她的舌頭。我得讓她多擠些奶,少講些傳聞。