
adj.小的;幼小的;短的;微不足道的;少到幾乎沒有的
adv.甚少;毫不;難得
n.極少
We have a little bull session after work. 下班后,我們要開一個(gè)小的討論會(huì)。
This little bed will do for our youngest daughter. 這張小床我們最小的女兒睡能行。
She is too little to ride a bicycle. 她太小了,不能騎腳踏車。
She walked away and her little heart was broken. 她走開了但是她幼小的心卻受傷了。
She stayed here only a little while. 她在這里只停留了很短的時(shí)間。
The merest little thing makes him nervous. 最微不足道的小事也會(huì)使他緊張。
There was little change in their daily lives. 他們的日常生活幾乎沒有變化。
She shows little appreciation of good music. 她對(duì)于好音樂幾乎沒有欣賞能力。
用作副詞 (adv.)He is little known as an artist. 他是個(gè)不出名的藝術(shù)家。
Besides, I knew little about it. 再說,我對(duì)賽艇運(yùn)動(dòng)也了解得很少。
Little does he care whether we live or die. 他一點(diǎn)也不管我們是死是活。
I go there very little now. 我現(xiàn)在難得去那兒。
用作名詞 (n.)The little that I have seen of his work is satisfactory. 他的工作就我所見的那一小部分而言是令人滿意的。
Little is known about the effect of life-long drinking. 人們關(guān)于終生飲酒的效果卻知道的很少。
little用作形容詞時(shí)表示“小的,幼小的,矮小的”,指由于因年齡小而身形嬌小,含有感情,意思是“小的可愛”“小的可憐”等意思。
little的比較級(jí)與最高級(jí)常用smaller, smallest,而較少用littler, littlest。
little習(xí)慣上不與large并用,表示“大大小小”可與big或great連用。例如:Great and little minds gathered.大大小小人物聚在一起。
pron.(代詞)little用作代詞時(shí)有否定意味,接近于nothing。
the little, a little或little of在句中用作定語時(shí),謂語動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。
little可與the連用,用如名詞。
adv.(副詞)little用作副詞和感官的動(dòng)詞連用并放在動(dòng)詞前,表示“毫不”“一點(diǎn)也不”。
當(dāng)little用作副詞置于句首時(shí),句子采用倒裝結(jié)構(gòu)。