a little用法辨析

1) a bit和a little在肯定句中修饰动词、形容词、副词和比较级时可以互换,表示"一点儿"的意思。例如:

The speaker spoke up a bit/a little so as to make himself heard more clearly.

演讲者把嗓门提高了一点儿,以便使别人听得更清楚。

2)a bit和a little在否定句中的意思恰恰相反, not a bit相当于"not at all"(一点儿都不); not a little相当于"very(much)"或"extremely"(很、非常)。例如:

She is not a bit tired. (=She is not tired at all.) 她一点都不累。

3)a little可以直接作定语修饰名词, 而a bit则要在后面加of构成短语才能作定语 ,两者都只能修饰不可数名词。例如:

There is a little/a bit of food left for lunch.

午饭只能吃剩下的一点食品了。

4) a bit of的另一种形式是bits of, a little则没有这种变体。例如: Besides this, he used part of an old army wireless set, and some bits of wood.除此之外,他还利用了一部分旧的军用无线电发报机的一部分零件和一些木片。

5) 1）a little=a bit=a little bit +形容词；2)a little=a bit of +名词

二、a little / a bit / a little bit / for a bit 用法辨析

1）在肯定句中，a little和a bit意思相同：

This box is a bit heavier than the other one.

= a little heavier than the other one.这两句的意思都是：这个箱子比那个箱子重一点。

再比如“价格会上涨一点。”

可以说：The price would jump a bit.

也可以说：The price would jump a little.

“还有点工作要做。”

可以说：There is still a bit more work to do.

也可以说：There is still a little more work to do.

1）not a bit和not a little 的意思正好相反。not a bit是“一点也不”，等于not at all；not a little/ few的意思是“不是一点点”，和very much；extremely意思相同：

I’m not a bit tired. (I’m not tired at all.) 我一点也不累。

I’m not a little tired. (I’m much tired.) 我很累了。（不是一点点累，是很累）

2）a bit通常修饰表示“令人不快”的形容词，例如sad, silly, cold, hungry, angry, difficult, heavy, expensive等; a little则无论褒贬都可以修饰：

The song is a bit sad. 这首歌有点伤感。

You might say I’m a bit silly. 你可能会说我有点傻。

Mary is a little older but a little more beautiful than Ann. 玛丽比安年纪更大但是更漂亮。

Everyone seemed a little nervous. 每个人看起来都有点紧张。

3）a bit后面不能直接接名词，接名词要用a bit of的结构；a little 则可以直接修饰名词：当a little修饰的名词前有the, this, that, 所有格等限定词时，也要用a little of的结构：

This will add a little fun to the game. 如果要用a bit来修饰fun，要用a bit of的结构：

This will add a bit of fun to the game. 这可以使这个游戏更有趣一点。

This remind me a little of those old sayings. 这使我想起了那些古老的谚语。

4）a bit 和a little不能用来修饰“形容词+名词”的结构。例如，heavy boxes这样的结构，就不能用a bit和a little修饰，不能说a bit heavy boxes；再比如hot weather，我们不可以说a little hot weather.

a little bit的意思是“一点点”，用法与”a bit”相同：

This is a little bit too difficult for me. 这对我来说有点难。

Jack is a little bit selfish.杰克有点自私。

I speak a little bit of French.我讲一点法语。

This made me feel a little bit better about myself.这使我感觉好点了。

5）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。

We talked for a bit. (We talked for a short time.) 我们谈了一会儿。

Please hang on for a bit.请等一会儿，不要挂断练习：用a bit或a little填空。

1. There is _________ time left.

2. I would like you to stay for _________ if you have time.

3. This will give us a _________ of time.

4. He went to sleep soon, for he was not _________ tired.

5. I don't want to stop to have a rest, because I am not _________ tired. Key：1. a little bit, a little bit little bit