fewer的意思和读音

fewerfew

few

: [fju] : [fjuː]

adj.

adv.

n.;()

pron.););

fewer  fewest  

adj.none,many

fewerdet.

1.used with plural nouns and a plural verb to mean ‘not many’

Few people understand the difference.

There seem to be fewer tourists around this year.访

Very few students learn Latin now.

2.used with plural nouns and a plural verb to mean ‘a small number’, ‘some’

We've had a few replies.

I need a few things from the store.西

Quite a few people are going to arrive early.

I try to visit my parents every few weeks .

IDMfew and far betweennot frequent; not happening oftenpron.

1.not many people, things or places

Very few of his books are worth reading.

You can pass with as few as 25 points. 25

Few will argue with this conclusion.

2.);a small number of people, things or places; some

I recognized a few of the other people.

I've seen most of his movies. Only a few are as good as his first one.

Could you give me a few more details?

3.not as many as

Fewer than 20 students passed all the exams. 20

There are no fewer than 100 different species in the area. 100

4.used with a plural verb to mean ‘a small group of people’

Real power belongs to the few.

She was one of the chosen few(= the small group with special rights) .

IDM

I've been there quite a few times.

quite a fewa fairly large number

I've been there quite a few times.

have had a few(informal)to have had enough alcohol to make you drunk

adj.1.,2.,,

n.1.,2.()3.,

det.1.some, but not many2ed for emphasizing that a number of people or things is very small, especially when the number is smaller than you would like or expect

1. fair share fewer fewer than …… ...

2. paper fewer pollution ...

3. more adj. fewer adj. longer adj. ...

4. stairs n. fewer a. stalk n. ...

5. less fewer pollution ...

6.19. C:more)(less),few

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1.China's milk disaster might have been averted , or fewer people affected, had China's leaders permitted journalists to do their jobs.

2.Or, to put it another way, fewer bad teachers. The obvious policy solution is more pay for good teachers, more dismissals for weak teachers.竿

3.Fewer Americans are ready to accept testing or other real or perceived threats to their privacy or individual rights.

4.Morgan Stanley now is trying to redefine itself as a firm that advises investors and companies, taking fewer risks on its own balance sheet.

5.The reserve control panel. It has fewer buttons, lights and levers, but it is still able to make the main operations.

6.SINCE 2006 Japan has had no fewer than five prime ministers. Three of them lasted just a year.20065

7.The advantage of the British system with its fewer opportunities to cast vetoes is clear when it comes to passing budgets.

8.Fewer dead to leave their houses such was the intensity of the bombardment.

9.And in laying it out I even determined that if I had designed it differently, the layout would have fewer holes in the board.

10.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.