a bit用法大全

第一部分a bit和a little的用法区别

相同之处：

1. a bit和a little都表示“稍微”、“有点”之意,都可作程度副词,修饰动词、形容词(包括形容词化的现在分词和过去分词)、副词、比较级。在肯定句中可以互换。例如:

Will you please turn down the radio a bit/a little? (修饰动词)

She’s a bit/a little afraid of the teacher.(修饰形容词)

The patient feels a bit/a little better to-day.(修饰比较级)

He did his homework a bit/a little care-lessly.(修饰副词)

2. a bit和a little都有some“一些”之意,后接不可数名词。例如:

I’ve got only a little/a bit of money with me today. I’m afraid I can’t help you.

3. for a bit和for a little意思相同,相当于for a while或for a short time,可互换。例如:

I’m going to sleep for a bit/a little.

Let’s rest for a bit/a little.

不同之处：

1. a little可用作形容词,直接修饰不可数名词;而 a bit不能用作形容词,修饰名词时,其后须加上of,构成“a bit of+n.”结构。例如:

Please give me a bit of paper.

He knows a bit of French.

但是,当a little修饰的名词前有this,that以及所有格等限定词时,也要用a little of结构。例如:

I want to drink a little of that wine.

2. a bit可构成“a bit of+不定冠词+名词”,而a little则不能。例如:

I’m afraid your friend is a bit of a thief.

3. a bit和a little的否定式意义正好相反。not a bit=not at all,意为“毫不”;而not a little=very much,意为“非常”,“很”。例如:

He is not a bit tired.他一点不累。

He is not a little tired.他很累。

第二部分：(a) few和(a) little的用法区别

(1) (a) few用在复数可数名词之前，(a) little用在不可数名词之前。

He took a few biscuits. (=several)

He took few biscuits(=not many)

He took a little butter. (=some)

He took little butter. (=not much)

(2) few可由hardly any或almost no所取代，含否定的意味。

The composition is well written; it has few (=hardly any) mistakes.

Few (=Almost no) men can solve it.

(3) a few相当于some, several, 含肯定的意味。

He has a few (=some or several) friends.

(4) a little和little之间的差别，就和a few和few的差别一样，只是(a) little须修饰不可数名词，表量或程度。

He grows worse; there is little hope of his recovery.

He is not much better, but there is a little hope