fewer是什么意思？

fewer

英['fju:ə] 美['fjuə]

• pron. （动词用复数）较少数；
• adj. 较少的，不多的( few的比较级 )，很少，（与复数名词和复数动词连用）有些，几个；

例句

• Most people have speech, but significantly fewer have writing. 大多数人都能说，但能写的人就少多了。
• In former times there were far fewer people dwelling on earth than there are now. 从前生活在地球上的人比今天少得多。
• Statistics show that people now drink less beer than they used to, and smoke fewer cigarettes. 统计数字表明, 人们现在比过去喝啤酒少了, 而且烟抽也少了。
• The firm has less money and fewer staff than last year. 公司的资金和人员都比去年少了。
• I used to have many men friends but there are fewer now that I’m past my bloom. 我曾有许多男性朋友,但现在已寥寥无几了,我开始走下坡路了。
• Honest politicians cannot be bought,but they are becoming fewer. 诚实的政治家不能为金钱所动,但这样的人却日益稀少。
• He is an advocate of more airplanes and fewer warships. 他是一个提倡多造飞机、少造军舰的人。
• In Morse code all letters are four or fewer characters long. 在Morse电码中所有字母的长度只有四个或不到四个符号.
• Now I meet with fewer difficulties in my work. 现在我工作中困难少些了.
• Men attach more importance to marriage than women do, and there are fewer male celibates. 男人们更重视结婚.男性独身主义者比女性独身主义者更少.

英语四级真题

And there are environmental benefits, too: renting a car when you need it, rather than owning one, means fewer cars are required and fewer resources must be devoted to making them.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
Choose food with fewer calories.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
Today, given the job losses of the past year, fewer unhappy couples will risk starting separate households, Furthermore, the housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

Though the United States has fewer women in the workforce(68percent compared to Sweden's 77 percent).
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
How can it be that societies like Sweden,where gender equality is vigorously pursued and enforced,have fewer female managers,executives,professionals,and business owners than eh laissez-faire(自由放任的)united states
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
Colleges, for their part, have since 1985 graduated fewer chemical, mechanical, industrial and metallurgical (冶金的) engineers, partly in response to the reduced role of manufacturing, a big employer of them.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• DET
  少数;几个
  You use a few to indicate that you are talking about a small number of people or things. You can also say a very few .
  例句
  I gave a dinner party for a few close friends... 我为几个密友办了晚宴。 We had a few drinks afterwards... 后来我们喝了几杯。
• ADJ
  (用于形容词和限定词后)几个，少数的
  You use few after adjectives and determiners to indicate that you are talking about a small number of things or people.
  例句
  The past few weeks of her life had been the most pleasant she could remember... 过去几周是她记忆中平生最愉快的日子。 The leaders are expected to fly to Mecca in the next few days to seal the agreement. 领导人将在接下来的几天中飞往麦加签署协议。
• DET
  (前面可用 so，too，very 修饰)极少的,几乎没有
  You use few to indicate that you are talking about a small number of people or things. You can use 'so', 'too', and 'very' in front of few .
  例句
  She had few friends, and was generally not very happy... 她几乎没什么朋友，总的来说不怎么开心。 Few members planned to vote for him... 几乎没什么成员打算投他的票。
• N-SING
  (尤指享有某种机遇等的)少数派，少数
  The few means a small set of people considered as separate from the majority, especially because they share a particular opportunity or quality that the others do not have.
  例句
  This should not be an experience for the few. 这不应是少数几个人的经历。 ...a system built on academic excellence for the few. 建立在面向少数人的精英教育上的体制
• PHRASE
  少至;仅有;少得只有
  You use as few as before a number to suggest that it is surprisingly small.
  例句
  One study showed that even as few as ten cigarettes a day can damage fertility... 一项研究显示，一天只抽 10 支烟也会损害生育能力。 The factory may make as few as 1,500 cars this year. 今年，工厂生产的小轿车可能只有 1,500 辆。
• PHRASE
  稀少的;罕见的
  Things that are few and far between are very rare or do not happen very often.
  例句
  Successful women politicians are few and far between... 成功的女政治家凤毛麟角。 In this economic climate new ideas were few and far between. 在这种经济环境下，新想法极为罕见。
• PHRASE
  不少,相当多(a good few 主要用于英国英语)
  You use not a few when you are referring to quite a lot of things or people. You can also use a good few in this way, mainly in British English.
  例句
  I've made this argument, and not a few people would disagree with me... 我提出了此论点，而这会是相当多的人都不同意的。 I think a good few of the others were like me, a bit confused. 我觉得其他人中不少都像我一样，有点迷惑不解。
• PHRASE
  饮酒过度;喝多了
  If you say that someone has had a few too many or has had a few, you mean that they have drunk too many alcoholic drinks.
  例句
  A breathalyzer tells you you've a had a few too many. 呼吸分析器显示你饮酒过量。
• PHRASE
  不少于;不止
  You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
  例句
  No fewer than thirteen foreign ministers attended the session. 至少有 13 国外长出席了这届会议。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  较少的
  He is an advocate of more airplanes and fewer warships. 他是一个提倡多造飞机、少造军舰的人。 Better living conditions mean more live births and fewer stillbirths. 生活条件改善就会有较多的活产，较少的死产。 Her admirers were fewer, and fatter, and less ardent. 她的爱慕者少一些,胖一些,感情不那么热烈。 Honest politicians cannot be bought,but they are becoming fewer. 诚实的政治家不能为金钱所动,但这样的人却日益稀少。 I used to have many men friends but there are fewer now that I’m past my bloom. 我曾有许多男性朋友,但现在已寥寥无几了,我开始走下坡路了。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of;
  "fewer birds came this year""the birds are fewer this year""fewer trains were late"