一个英语问题

few, a few, little, a little
虽然都表示“少”，但
（1）few, a few是可数的, little, a little是不可数的。
（2）a few, a little含肯定意味，few, little含否定意味。这里所谓的“肯定意味”和“否定意味”应该这样来理解：同样是半杯水，口渴者会认为：There is little water in the glass. 而不口渴的人则会认为：There is a little water in the glass.

一：
1．few修饰可数名词复数。
2．few (= not many; hardly any)含否定意义；a few (= some; several; a small
number of) 含肯定意义。
3． not a few = no few = quite a few = a good few = many。
4． 当 few受 every, last, past, next, some, very等词所修饰时，表示肯定意义，few之前不再有冠词。如：
In the last few minutes, he checked up his paper again.
It took us some few days to repair the machine.
They are very few in number.
There were too few of them.
He goes to see his grandma every few weeks.
5． 在非正式文体中很少见，一般用或代替，如：
Only a few people attended the meeting.

另外，little / a little
Little remains to be done about it. (作主语)
A little remains to be done.
Please give me a little. (作宾语)
He knows a little of everything.
There is very / but little time left. (作定语)
Don’t worry; you still have a little time.
1． little修饰不可数名词，表示“量”。
2． little含否定意义(反义词：much)；a little含肯定意义(反义词：none)。
3． 在非正式英语中，一般很少用little，常用not much, only a little来代替，如：
We haven’t got much money / time.

a few & a little

a few和a little都有“一些”的意思，但是用法有所区别。

1 a few通常用来修饰可数名词复数。例如：

I have a few friends in the city.

在这个城市我有一些朋友。

I bought a few books on how to keep healthy.

我买了一些关于如何保持健康的书。

2 a little通常用来修饰不可数名词。例如：

Please give me a little bread.

请给我一点面包。

He can only get a little money every month.

他每个月只能赚到一点钱。

★特别提醒：

few 和little均意为“几乎没有或很少”，表示否定意义。但是， few用于可数名词前，little用于不可数名词前。例如：

There are few books on how to keep healthy in this book store.

这家书店几乎没有关于如何保持健康的书。

He can get little money every month.

他每个月几乎赚不到钱。

相同点：都表示少

不同点：
1.few， a few修饰可数名词，little，a little修饰不可数名词
2.a few，a little表示肯定意义“少，有一些”
3.few，little表示否定意义，从翻译的角度讲应译成“几乎没有”。

How
soon通常在一般将来时，意为"再等多长时间？"，"多长时间才……？"
是对
"in
+时间段"（
in
ten
minutes/two
hours/
a
week）提问。
Can
you
tell
me
how
soon
you
can
be
ready?
你能告诉我你多久能准备好吗？
how
long与how
soon都可以用来提问时间。
但是how
long一般用于提问完成时，例如：
How
long
have
you
been
there?-I
have
been
there
for
3
years.
而how
soon是用于提问将来时的，例如：
How
soon
will
you
arrive
here?-I
will
arrive
here
in
3
hours.
换一个说法。如果答句中用的介词是for前面就要用how
long；如果是in，前面要用how
soon
how
long指的是多长时间,多长的长度
比如:how
long
have
you
been
collecting
dolls
你收集玩具多长时间了?
how
soon指的是多快,
比如how
soon
will
you
be
there?你多快能到那儿?

few:修饰可数名词,意为很少,几乎没有
a few:修饰可数名词,意为若干,一些
little:修饰不可数名词,意同few
a little:修饰不可数名词,意同 a few