few/fjuː/

a. not many or not enough

pron. not many people or things

a. 不多的，很少的，几乎没有的：[表示否定，few +可数名词复数+ v. 复] Few people know the answer to the question. 很少人知道这个问题的答案。

◇the next few days 接下来的几天里

◇The few friends that had been invited all came. 受邀的少数几个朋友都来了。

◇There are fewer boys than girls in the class. 班上的男生比女生少。

pron. 不多，很少数，几乎没有：[表示否定] Few of these films are interesting. 这些电影很少是有趣的。

◇Few were happy with the result. 很少人对这个结果满意。

a few 有些，几个：[表示肯定，a few +可数名词复数+ v. 复] A few girls love football. 有些女孩喜欢足球。

◇[a few (of sb/sth)] I know a few of them. 我认识他们中的几个。

fewer than ... 不到，少于：Fewer than 30 students took the exam. 不到30个学生参加了考试。

◇No fewer than 1,000 people are present. 在场的人多达（或：不少于）1,000个。

quite a few 相当多，不少：He has quite a few friends there. 他在那儿有不少朋友。

音组-ew/-juː/

chew; few; new; sew

常犯错误

✗ It was so hot that there were a few people on the farm.

✓ It was so hot that there were few people on the farm. 天很热，农场里没有什么人。

常犯错误

✗ There is fewer traffic on the streets in January than in April.

✓ There is less traffic on the streets in January than in April. 街道的交通1月不如4月繁忙。

常犯错误

✗ It's fewer than 50 miles away. 不到50英里远。

✓ It's less than 50 miles away. 不到50英里远。

[✌fewer than与表示人或物的可数名词复数连用，指距离或钱的数量时，要用less than。在一些数学表达及一些短语中，也用less than。如：an angle of less than 90 degrees 小于90度的角。]

辨析few; a few

辨析(a) few; (a) little