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550 less—fewer
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less可用作形容词,是little的比较级,表示“较少”、“较小”,多用在不可数名词前:
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He has less strength than I have.他的力气比我小。
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They now do less work than they did before.他们现在干的工作比过去少了。
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More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。(谚语)
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修饰可数名词要用fewer:
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They buy less beer and fewer cigarettes now.现在他们买的啤酒和香烟比过去少了。
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She made fewer mistakes than before.她现在的错误比过去少了。
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There are fewer boys than girls in my class.我班上男生比女生少。
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△有时也有人在可数名词前用less,如:
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Less people are going to university than usual.现在上大学的人比平时少。
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有些人反对这种用法,认为在这里要用fewer,但fewer显得有些文气,人们常用另外的说法,如:
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There are not as many restaurants as there were.现在餐馆没有过去多了。
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There aren’t so many trees there now.现在那里的树没有那么多了。
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less还可用作名词,表示“更少一点儿”:
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She gives them less to eat in summer.夏天她给它们吃的东西少一点儿。
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He is eating less than usual.他吃得比平时少。
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Of the two evils, it is the less.在两样坏事中,它是较小的一个。
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常可和of引起的短语连用:
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He ate less of the food.他东西吃得比较少了。
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I’d like to spend less of my time answering letters.我希望回信的时间花得少一点儿。
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在可数名词前要用fewer:
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Fewer of us are interested in such games now.现在对这个游戏有兴趣的人比较少了。
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Fewer of the girls came than we anticipated.来的女生比我们预期的少。
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如果名词前没有限定词(如the),则不宜用of结构,而直接用less或few:
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