less是little的比较级。little 很少;几乎没有,修饰不可数名词。There is little water in my glass.less 较少的意思, little/few 的比较级。Eat more vegetables and eat less meat.
less和little的区别
less是形容词,修饰不可数名词,指数量、程度或大小较少;little是形容词,修饰不可数名词或可数名词的单数形式,多指不可数名词的数量较少。
我们在学习英语的时候,经常会学到一些看上去意思差不多的英语单词,比如说less和little,但是实际上二者的差别还是非常明显的,little的意思是少的,几乎没有的,而less是little的比较级,意思是更少的。
在用法方便,less和little也有 很明显的不同。less一般用作名词,表示“较少、更少”,主要作宾语,但是也可以作主语和表语。另外,在用作形容词的时候,通常与不可数名词连用。
little单独使用的时候表示少量甚至是几乎没有,强调“少”,little之后是可以直接跟名词的,不需要介词of,但是若是后面的名词受到限定词的影响,那么必须用介词of。
less的用法
1、用作名词 (n.)可以作宾语、主语、表语等:
There is less to do in this job than the last.
这份工作没有上份工作量大。
It seems less of a threat than I'd expected.
威胁性似乎比我预料的要小。
2、adj.
较小的;较少的(little的比较级);较次的,较劣的;较不重要的
注意,作为little的比较级时常常修饰不可数名词,但是,也有罕见的修饰可数名词的情况:
He was advised to smoke fewer cigarettes and drink less beer.
有人劝他少抽烟、少喝啤酒。
less butter/time/importance
较少的黄油 / 时间;次要
Less oil was produced this year than last.
今年的石油产量比去年的少。
I received less money than the others did.
我比别人收到的钱要少。
The couple seem to spend less and less time together
两口子在一起的时间似乎越来越少。
注意:
I did expect more food and less people.(罕见)
我的确期望食物更多而人更少。
There were less cars on the road then.那时马路上小汽车很少。(罕见)
3、adv.
较少;较小;更少;更小;没那么多;少
可修饰形容词或副词表示程度;修饰动词表示次数、程度或数量等:
People should eat less fat to reduce the risk of heart disease.
人们应该减少脂肪摄入,以降低患心脏病的危险。
I often think about those less fortunate than me
我经常想到那些没我这么幸运的人。
few、little、a few、a little如何区分
1、few 后面跟复数可数名词。例如:
There are few books in his room.
There are few students in his class.
2、little 后面跟单数不可数名词。例如:
He has few friends.
他没有几个朋友。
They has little money.
他们没有什么钱。
3、a few 与 a little 都表示肯定的意思,指“有一点,有一些”。a few 后加可数名词复数。例如:
I'm going to buy a few bananas.
a little 后加不可数名词单数。例如:
I can speak only a little Chinese.
4、a little 与 little 也可以用作副词, 表示“有点”“稍稍” 表示“很少”。例如:
---Can you speak English?
----Yes, but only a little.
This book is a little more difficult than that one.(可修饰形容词比较级)
She slept little last night.
昨天晚上,她没有怎么睡觉。
5、a few / a little 为肯定含义,还有一点;few / little为否定含义,没有多少了。
例如:
He has a few friends.
他有几个朋友。
He has few friends.
他几乎没有朋友。
We still have a little time.
我们还有点时间。
There is little time left.
几乎没剩下什么时间了。