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词组 little
释义 little
双解释义
1. 小的,幼小的,矮小的 not big;small;young
2. A (时间、距离)短的 (of distance, time) short
3. A 琐碎的,微不足道的 not important
基本要点
1. little用作形容词时表示“小的,幼小的,矮小的”,指由于因年龄小而身形娇小,含有感情色彩,意思是“小的可爱”“小的可怜”等意思。
2. little的比较级与最高级常用smaller, smallest,而较少用littler, littlest.
词汇搭配
~+名词
 ~ bird〔boy, cottage, garden〕 小鸟〔男孩,村舍,花园〕
 a ~ month 短短的一个月
 ~ money 小钱
~+介词
 ~ of nothing 几乎没有(东西),简直没有(东西)
句型例句
用作定语
▲ ~+n.
 The little boy is playing the terrible game. 那小男孩正在玩可怕的游戏。
 What a pretty little house it is! 多么小巧玲珑的房子啊!
 A few little things apart, I am very pleased with the result. 撇开一些小事不谈,我对这个结果很满意。
 We mustn't be complacent over our little achievements. 我们不应该为一点小成绩而满足。
 There is little gasoline left in the tank. 油箱里没有多少汽油了。
 She stayed here only a little while. 她在这里只停留了很短的时间。
用作表语
▲ S+be+~
 She was beautiful when she was little. 她小时候很漂亮。
常用短语
 ♣ in little
 小规模地 on a small scale
 The paragraph is really an essay in little. 这一段实际上是一篇小短文。
词语辨异
 ♣ little, small, tiny
 参见small条。
学习参考
 little 习惯上不与large并用,表示“大大小小”可与big或great连用。例如:
 Great and little minds gathered. 大大小小人物聚在一起。
littleadj. [′lɪtl] (smaller/littler;smallest/littlest)
 
littlepron. [′lɪtl]
双解释义
 少量,些许 a small amount
基本要点
1. little用作代词时有否定意味,接近于nothing.
2. the little, a little或little of在句中用作定语时,谓语动词用单数形式。
3. little可与the连用,用如名词。
词汇搭配
~+介词
 ~ of the music 音乐的少部分
句型例句
 I have little time for reading. 我几乎没有时间看书。
 I have spent a lot of money, I have very little left. 我花掉大部分的钱,剩下的钱已不多了。
 Nearly all the wine had been drunk, but we finished the little that was left. 酒差不多喝光了,不过我们还是把余下的那点干了。
常用短语
 ♣ after〔for〕 a little
 经过很短的距离〔时间〕after〔for〕 a short distance or time
 We left the car and walked for a little. 我们下车走了一小段路。
 He came back after a little. 过了一会儿他回来了。
词语辨异
 ♣ little, a little
 这两者意义并不相同,前者具有否定意义,表示“很少”;后者具有肯定意义,表示“一些,少许”。同样数量的东西,有时可说little,有时可说a little,全凭主观上的看法。试比较:
 
I have a little money.
我有一点点钱。(虽少但有)
I have little money.
我有少量的钱。(虽有但少)

 
Little remains to be done.
没有什么可做的了。
A little remains to be done.
还有一点要做一做。

 ♣ little, few
 参见few条。
 ♣ 注意下面两个句子的翻译:
 
I have not a little money.
我一点钱都没有。
我有很多钱。

 
She was not a little
她一点都不吃惊。
她非常吃惊。
surprised.

littleadv. [′lɪtl] (less;least)
双解释义
 少到几乎没有;毫不,难得,很少 not much;only slightly;rarely
基本要点
1. little用作副词和感官的动词连用并放在动词前,表示“毫不”“一点也不”。
2. 当little用作副词置于句首时,句子采用倒装结构。
词汇搭配
动词+~
 know ~ 几乎茫无所知
 make ~ of 不重视,对…难了解
 see ~ of life 未见世面
 see very ~ of sb 很少看见某人
 sleep very ~ 睡得很少
 think ~ of oneself 看不起自己
句型例句
 John is little known as a professor. 约翰是个不出名的教授。
 His father left little more than two hours ago. 他父亲离开这里已经有两个多小时了。
 Little does he know what trouble he's in. 他对自己所处何种地步茫无所知。
 I go there very little. 我很少去那里。
常用短语
 ♣ little and little
 一点一点地;逐渐地 making progress slowly;gradually
 Little and little the rain stopped. 雨渐渐地停了。
 ♣ little or nothing
 几乎无,简直没有 hardly anything
 However much you may entreat him, you will get little or nothing. 无论你向他恳求多少,你都不会得到什么东西的。
 ♣ make little of
1. 轻视,不以为然treat as unimportant
 She made little of her worries. 她并没有把自己的烦恼放在心上。
2. 不明白,看不懂understand or read hardly anything
 I read the article carefully but could make little of it. 我仔细读了这篇文章,可实在不懂。
 Mary could make little of what John was saying. 玛丽不懂约翰说什么。
补充资料
 [同义词] adj. short, tiny
 [反义词] adj. important, large, long
 [词源]古英语lytel(少,小)
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