fewer
['fju:ə]
adj. 少的, 越来越少的
adj. 较少的
int. 较少数
例句与用法:
Fewer herring than usual have been landed this year.
今年鲱鱼捕获量比往年少。
Fewer people write with their left hand than with their right.
用左手写字的人比用右手的少。
Fewer students are opting for science courses nowadays.
现在选修理科的学生少了。
Car sales have been shrinking (ie Fewer have been sold) recently.
汽车销量近来一直在下降。
We need more doers and fewer organizers.
我们需要实干的人多些,组织的人少些。
The more careful you are, the fewer mistakes you will make.
你愈小心,你犯错就会愈少。
Slowness of the heart rate, usually fewer than60 beats per minute in an adult human being.
心搏缓慢心律缓慢,通常指成人心跳低于60次每分钟
And then you have a vicious circle of more unemployment and fewer taxpayer to share the burden.
那便会产生失业率越高、分担此负担的纳税人越少的恶性循环。
pron.
(动词用复数)较少数
a.
较少的
fewer
■The misbehaviour of a few makes the whole group appear in a had light.
一些人的不正当举动会对整个小组不利。
■A few hardy people swam in the icy water.
一些强壮的人在冰冷的水中游泳。
■A whiff of ether will put you out in a few seconds.
一剂乙醚几秒钟后就会使你失去知觉。
■In a few minutes Tom suddenly came to life.
一小会儿汤姆突然苏醒过来。
■A few die-hards are trying to stop the reforms.
一小撮死硬派企图中止改革。
■Prices in the shops have hit the ceiling over the last few weeks.
上几个星期,商店的价格涨得出奇的高。
■The last few minutes before going on stage scow new actors up.
上台前的最后几分钟常常使新演员很紧张。
■Did you feel a few spots of rain?
下了几滴雨,你感觉到了吗?
■It was all over in a few moments.
不一会儿就都完了。
■It's not worth haggling over a few pence.
为几便士争论不休实在不值得。
■Fewer herring than usual have been landed this year.
今年鲱鱼捕获量比往年少。
■He go to bed and she follow suit after a few minute.
他上床睡觉,几分钟後她也跟著去睡了。
■He finished the portrait in a few minutes.
他几分钟就完成了一副肖像画。
■In a few strides he crossed the room.
他几大步就穿过了房间。
■He's only popped out for a few minutes.
他刚出去一会儿。
■He suffered a few cuts and scrapes.
他割破和擦伤了几个地方。
■Just a few words will incite him into action.
他只需几句话一将,就会干。
■He mumbled a few words and left.
他咕哝了几句便走了。
■He always becomes maudlin after he's had a few drinks.
他喝了几杯酒后总是变得多愁善感。
■After a few drinks he began to open up a bit.
他喝了几杯酒话就多起来了。
■A few drinks broke through his reserve.
他喝了点酒之後那矜持态度消失了。
■He tarried for a few days in my house.
他在我家里小住了几天。
■He's just the kind that would stoop to swindle old people out of a few pence.
他就是这么个家伙,自甘堕落去骗老人们的几文钱。
■He's just the kind that would stoop to swindle children out of a few pence.
他就是这种货色,会不顾廉耻去从孩子手中骗取几个零钱。
■He lined out a few songs upon request.
他应邀演唱了几首歌曲。
■He often speaks a few conventional remarks.
他总是喜欢说老生常谈的那几句话。
■He was giving the pictures a few finishing touches.
他正在给他的画作最后的修饰。
■His few crumbs of kindness were strictly for the birds.
他的小恩小惠实在算不了什么。
■He has so few friends that his life is lonely.
他的朋友很少,因此他的生活非常孤单。
■The assignment is few enough to be finished within half an hour.
作业很少,足能在半小时内完成。
■The more careful you are, the fewer mistakes you will make.
你愈小心,你犯错就会愈少。
■Can you sketch in a few details of the proposal?
你能把建议的一些细节补充概述一下吗?
■It's time you listened to a few home truths about yourself.
你该听一些逆耳之言了。
■Don't forget to warm the car up for a few minutes before you start.
你起动这部汽车之前别忘了要预热几分钟。
■Club membership has been rolling up for the past few weeks.
俱乐部成员在过去的几个星期当中一直在逐步增加。
■A few more years will mellow the wine.
再过几年这酒就会香醇。
■A few young children are straggling along behind their parents.
几个孩子跟不上父母的步子,落在后面。
■After a few months I felt I had really taken root here.
几个月之后,我感到确实在这里扎根了。
■A few months later my younger brother enlist as a bugler.
几个月以後,我弟弟作为号兵应徵入伍。
■A few jokes will add a final fillip to your speech.
几句笑话会给你的演说添些生气。
■A few tractors were idle awaiting repairs.
几台拖拉机闲置着等候修理。
■A few days afterwards a heavy wagon pass through the gully.
几天後一辆大篷车经过了这个小峡谷。
■People seldom or never bought silk garments a few years ago.
几年前,人们几乎是不买丝绸服装的。
■A few lines of rhyming doggerel don't count as poetry.
几行押韵的蹩脚诗算不上是诗。
■The blade is chipped in a few places.
刀锋有几个地方缺口。
■The buses to our village are few and far between.
到我们村的公共汽车很少。
■The doctor advised me to stay in for a few days.
医生嘱我在家休息几天。
■Only a few journalists were allowed inside.
只有几个新闻记者获准进入会场。
■Only a few people inhabited the island.
只有少数人在这个岛上居住。
■There were only a few dry bones left, bleached by the sun.
只留下一些被太阳晒得泛白的枯骨。