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对little的理解，大家再熟悉不过，其代词、形容词、限定词的用法无须多言，本文拟对little的副词用法作一归纳。 一、修饰形容词或副词 副词little修饰形容词或副词时，往往带有否定倾向： He is little worried about it. 他并不担心它。 She borrowed little less than 1,000 dollars. 她借了不到1000美元。 Anderson believed that the smarter a child is, the less likely he gets addicted to TV. 安德森认为，一个孩子越聪明，他对电视上瘾的可能性就越小。 Linux's ability to work with plug and play devices is somewhat less than perfect. 与即插即用装置合作的Linux的能力略微比完成式更少. 二、修饰比较级 副词little修饰比较级时，主要用于修饰better和more。little better的意思是“好不了多少”，相当于not much better；little more (than)的意思是“只”“只不过”。如： His second suggestion was little better than his first. 他的第二条建议比第一条好不了多少。 His legs were in little better shape than they had been the year before. 他的双腿与前一年相比没有多少好转。 He was little more than a child when his father died. 他父亲去世时，他差不多还是个孩子。 Aid to the Third World is at present little more than a drop in the ocean. 目前对第三世界的援助不过是杯水车薪。 He left school with little more than a basic education. 他只接受了点基础教育就退学了。 三、修饰动词 副词1ittle修饰动词时，主要用于believe, care, dream, expect, guess, imagine, know, realize, suspect, think, understand等之前，表示“毫不”“根本不”“一点也不”，(:not at all)： We little believed that he would harm us. 我们根本不相信他会加害于我们。 He little expected to find himself in prison. 他几乎没有料到自己会进监狱。 He little knew what he had started. 他一点也不知道他开始干的是什么。 They said goodbye, little knowing that they were never to meet again. 他们道别了，完全不知道他们再也不会见面。 She little thought she would be rewarded. 她一点没想她会受到酬谢。 I little dreamed that he would come back alive. 我做梦也没想到他会活着回来。 They little suspect their secret has been disclosed. 他们很少怀疑他们的秘密已经被泄露了。 Another simple way of building some savings is by depositing as little as two percent of your monthly income into a savings account. 另一种简单的储蓄方法是将每月收入的2%存入储蓄账户。 注： ①在某些情况下也可用于动词之后。如： I am tired because I slept very little last night. 我累了，因为我昨天夜里睡得很少。 He knows the world too little to be a general manager. 他对世界了解太少，不能当总经理。 I know the plan as little as you. 我和你一样不知道这个计划。 ②副词little具有否定意义，当它被置于句首时，其后要用倒装句式： Little does he care whether we live or die. 他一点也不管我们的死活。 Little did I dream that such a thing would happen. 我连做梦都没想到会有这种事情发生。 Little did he realise the danger he faced. 他几乎没有认识到他面临的危险。 Little did I think that we were talking together for the last time. 我没有想到我们这次谈话竟成诀别。 Little did I know that this spelled the end of my career. 我一点也没想到这会断送了我的职业生涯。 四、用于复合词中 主要见于little-known, little-used, little-travelled,little-acknowledged等： He is a little-known painter. 他是一个没有什么名气的画家。 Doctors are keen to highlight this little-known disease. 医生们渴望把注意力集中在这一鲜为人知的疾病上。 Not so long ago Viviana was a little-known actress playing in a provincial theatre—these days she’s the toast of the town. 不久前薇薇安娜还是一个在地方剧院演出的鲜为人知的演员——而现在她已成了镇上极为受人敬慕的人。 He’s studying the work of a little-known German novelist. 他正在研读一位没有什么名气的德国小说家的作品。 It is a little-used footpath. 那是一条几乎没有人走的小道。 We should make little-used resources more productive. 我们应该充分利用闲置资源。 Applications can have hundreds of little-used functions that you must test. 应用程序可能具有数百个很少使用但是必须测试的功能。 It's a little-travelled route. 那是一条旅客稀少的路线。 But it's a little-acknowledged fact of life in suburbs, exurbs and cities with scant public transportation: A great many drivers on the road have had at least a drink or two, or three, or more. 不过在公共交通稀少的市区、远郊区和城市，有一个很少有人承认的事实：很多开车的司机都至少喝了一两杯，甚至更多。 五、little 短语： ①little and /by little渐渐 After the operation, he was gaining in health by little and little. 手术后, 他渐渐康复了。 Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow. 不劳而得之财,必然消耗;勤劳积蓄的, 必见加增。 ②in little小规模地 The current flows in little bursts. 水流小股小股地涌出来。 ③little or nothing几乎无， 简直没有 The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. 实际上乐趣和幸福不但并不一样甚至是截然不同的两件事. ④little more than和…无差别[一样]；仅仅是； 差不多 The old mill is now little more than a ruin. 老磨坊现在只剩下一点残垣断壁了。 The investment is little more than a punt. 这项投资无异于一场赌博。 The president will be little more than a figurehead. 主席将只不过是个傀儡而已。 ⑤more or less差不多;或多或少；大致上 Being a good neighbor is more or less about considerate behavior. 做一个好邻居或多或少是一种体贴的行为。 The polluted water more or less influences their health. 受污染的水或多或少地影响着他们的健康。 With a lesson more or less, we are always the same donkeys. 不管多上一课还是少上一课，我们最后都是头笨驴。 The conference is more or less over. 会议大致结束了。 How much will it cost, more or less ? 这个大概得花多少钱？ ⑥at least至少 As always, you should stretch at least ten minutes before each run to prevent injuries. 和往常一样，你应该在每次跑步前至少伸展身体十分钟，以防止受伤。 Dinner ended only after we had a clear understanding of at least half a dozen such facts. 我们明白了至少六个这样的事实，晚餐就结束了。 All applicants should be at least 16 years of age at the commencement of this course. 申请修读这门课程者至少要年满16岁。 He may not always achieve greatness but at least he's a trier. 他也许并非总能成就大事，但至少他竭尽所能。 六、 little谚语 Little strokes fell great oaks 水滴石穿。 Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鸟心儿齐。 Little things amuse little minds 小人志卑/小人无大志。 |
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