fewer

fewer

美 [fju]  英 [fjuː]

  • adj.几个;很少
  • adv.几个;很少
  • n.几个;几乎没有;(对“多数”说的)少数
  • pron.一些;很少人(或事物、地方);有些(人、事物、地方);不和…一般多
  • 网络更少;较少的;更少的

词形变化

比较级:fewer  最高级:fewest  

反义词

adj.

英汉双解

det.
1.
(与复数名词和复数动词连用)不多,很少used with plural nouns and a plural verb to mean ‘not many’
Few people understand the difference.
很少有人了解这个差别。
There seem to be fewer tourists around this year.
今年来访的旅游者似乎少了。
Very few students learn Latin now.
现在学拉丁语的学生少得很。
2.
(与复数名词和复数动词连用)有些,几个used with plural nouns and a plural verb to mean ‘a small number’, ‘some’
We've had a few replies.
我们已得到了一些答复。
I need a few things from the store.
我需要从商店买些东西。
Quite a few people are going to arrive early.
相当多的人打算早到。
I try to visit my parents every few weeks .
我尽量每隔几个星期看望一次父母。
pron.
1.
很少人(或事物、地方)not many people, things or places
Very few of his books are worth reading.
他的书值得读的太少了。
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.
很少有人会不同意这个结论。
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.
我认出了一些其他的人。
I've seen most of his movies. Only a few are as good as his first one.
他的电影多数我都看过。只有少数几部能与他的第一部媲美。
Could you give me a few more details?
你能再给我提供一些详情吗?
3.
不和…一般多;少于not as many as
Fewer than 20 students passed all the exams.
不到 20 个学生考试全部及格。
There are no fewer than 100 different species in the area.
这个地区有不少于 100 个不同物种。
4.
(与复数动词连用)少数人used with a plural verb to mean ‘a small group of people’
Real power belongs to the few.
真正的权力掌握在少数人手中。
She was one of the chosen few(= the small group with special rights) .
她属于少数享有特权的人。

习惯用语

few and far between
稀少;稀疏;不常发生not frequent; not happening often
quite a few
相当多;不少a fairly large number
I've been there quite a few times.
我去过那里好多次了。
have had a few
喝醉了;已醉to have had enough alcohol to make you drunk

英汉解释

adj.
1.
有些,几个
2.
少数的,很少,几乎没有
n.
1.
少数,几个
2.
(对“多数”说的)少数
3.
很少数,几乎没有

英英解释

det.

例句

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

如果中国领导人之前允许记者正常开展工作中国牛奶事件可能避免或者不会那么受到影响

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

立竿见影解决问题政策就是资质老师加薪本事老师走人

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

很少美国人好准备接受考验他们隐私个人权益及其真实感受得到威胁

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

摩根士丹利眼下试图重新自身定位重点转向投资者公司提供咨询服务降低自身资产负债表承受风险

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

备用控制面板按钮显示操作同样能够进行主要操作

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

2006年以来日本已经有5首相其中

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

英国政治体制较少“否决优势通过预算法案表现尤为明显

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

很少死者因为爆炸事件加剧离开他们家园

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

奠定决定如果不同设计布局漏洞

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.

至少前来现在已经没有那么杀害杀害

That appeared to leave investors with fewer traders to take the other side of their orders.

显然使市场接手投资者指令交易者变得

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.

这样九月十月瓦尔登森林一面十全十美明镜四面石子镶边它们珍贵稀世

"I would rather see fewer foreclosures and housing prices bottoming out to decide that the credit crisis is drawing to a close, " she said.

宁愿看到取消抵押品赎回权房价触底回升判定次级危机走向结束,”这样

Well, I just read in the news that fewer and fewer businesses ask their employees to work five and a half days a week.

看到新闻越来越公司要求员工一个礼拜工作

Each time, the Chairman and no fewer than two members chosen from the panel will form a Tribunal to hear the appeals.

每次主席小组选出至少成员组成裁处上诉进行

When I visit these countries, I am amazed by how much they accomplish with far fewer resources - and how eagerly they embrace innovation.

访问这些国家发现他们最少资源最多他们迫切地科技教育

Certainly, many part-time jobs are not the pick of the bunch. They tend to be low -pay, low - status and with fewer benefits.

当然许多兼职工作不是最好它们往往低层次而且津贴较少

It was facilitated, rather, by an increase in credit, so that now the average American family has no fewer than 13 credit cards.

然而信贷得到增长而且极为便利所以如今普通美国家庭拥有信用卡数量不下13

In some smaller restaurants with fewer people dining, like the case of a couple of diners, the measure's adoption could be optional.

有一些餐馆就餐人数较少比如一两两三可以有一些随意情况

That makes it easier to digest, so even though the stuff is no more calorific, the body uses fewer calories dealing with it.

即使加热过程并不增加食物卡路里含量身体不会消化那样消耗那么能量

The foremost reason among them was the fact that she had fewer invitations than usual for the autumn.

其中主要原因今年秋季接到请柬往年

They have been able to trace the source in fewer than 40 per cent of reported cases.

报道病例找到40%。

Here a more "elegant" method will be used, which will supply the same information in fewer steps.

这里使用一种巧妙方法需要很少提供相同信息

If your body is consuming fewer calories than it's expending, something's got to go (see God, "The First Law of Thermodynamics" ).

如果身体消耗热量花费什么地方上帝:“力学第一定律”)。

Analysts also noted there was an improved quality of the earnings in the first quarter, which had fewer one-offs than in previous quarters.

分析师同时指出今年第一季度业绩质量有所改善一次性收入少于几个季度

He said the financial services industry would be-changed dramatically by the crisis, emerging with fewer competitors and more regulation.

金融服务行业危机发生剧变最终业内竞争者监管加强

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.

同样如果希望测试使用生产相同数目容器缩短列表使用较少容器

And you know, when you educate a boy, his family tends to have fewer kids, but only slightly.

一个接受教育女孩强烈倾向孩子

"Private equity firms are investing in fewer companies and able to take fewer out in public markets, " said Deignan.

私募股权公司投资公司越来越上市退出,”Deignan说道

Feeling poorer and with fewer people prepared to lend them money, consumers are cutting back: witness the slump in car sales.

倍感贫困消费者可谓如坐针毡看看汽车销量陡然下滑便一二

Arthur was worried about his heart. He went to his doctor for an examination, and the doctor told him to eat fewer fatty foods.

亚瑟担心心脏医生那里检查医生告诉脂肪食物

River Zi dulcimer the words are fewer, just a little bit teeny point chin, above all to turn circular to in walk.

江梓笙只是微微下巴率先转身

There have been a few shock results this season that hopefully might mean the title is taken with fewer points than usual.

赛季不少冷门比赛希望意味可以分数拿到冠军

Note that Instructables tends to feature more cool hacks and fewer simple fixes, but it's still worth a look.

注意Instructables特色在于提供许多不错工具但是简单修理方法较少但是仍然值得

In comparison, surgeons in the U. S. typically perform one or two surgeries a day, five days a week, operating fewer than 60 hours.

相比之下美国外科医生一般每天手术每周工作每周手术时间少于60小时

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.

现在可能几千失业人员可能菲亚特公司较少工人已经获得工作如果Magna已经中标

"Italy stands out from many other European countries in the fact that fewer women return to work after maternity, " he said.

意大利女性生产之后回到工作岗位人数少于其它许多欧洲国家,”表示

Myfirst impression upon receiving the book was that it was shorter (fewer pages)than I had expected.

接触第一印象原先设想页数)。

Continuing a trend I'd been noticing for a year at least, I've been seeing fewer movies in the theater.

印证至少关注东西说法影院电影次数越来越

That's because nature intended women to have fewer cycles by virtue of being pregnant much of the time, he said.

天性需要妇女多次怀孕从而减少排卵次数人们担心违反天性相反如果

Voituron is now testing whether the olm might have extra-efficient mitochondria that emit fewer free radicals to begin with.

Voituron目前正在测验是不是能够释放少量自由高效线粒体

He seems to have had many fewer doubts about her.

不过怀疑倒是相对很多

Not for running tales. She's wanted for her teats , not for her tongue. I'll have more milk from her, and fewer messages.

不是制造流言看中奶头不是舌头传闻