little
det. 少量的; 不多的
pron. 少量的; 不多的
adv. 微小地; 一点地
adj. 小的; 可爱的; 年幼的; 短的; 不严重的
You use little to indicate that there is only a very small amount of something. You can use 'so', 'too', and 'very' in front of little.
I had little money and little free time...
我没什么钱,也没多少空闲时间。
I find that I need very little sleep these days...
我发现最近我只需要睡很少时间。
Little means not very often or to only a small extent.
On their way back to Marseille they spoke very little...
返回马赛的路上,他们没怎么说话。
Only Africa is at present little affected by hard drugs.
目前只有非洲没怎么受到硬毒品的影响。
A little of something is a small amount of it, but not very much. You can also say a very little.
Mrs Caan needs a little help getting her groceries home...
卡安太太需要有人帮把手将食品杂货拿回家。
A little food would do us all some good...
吃点东西,对我们大家都会有好处。
If you do something a little, you do it for a short time.
He walked a little by himself in the garden.
他一个人在花园里散了一会儿步。
A little or a little bit means to a small extent or degree.
He complained a little of a nagging pain between his shoulder blades...
他有几句提到说肩胛骨之间一直在疼。
He was a little bit afraid of his father's reaction...
他有点害怕父亲的反应。
If something happens little by little, it happens very gradually.
In the beginning he had felt well, but little by little he was becoming weaker...
一开始他感觉很好,但慢慢地就变虚弱了。
I would have to learn, little by little, to exist alone.
我得慢慢学会独自生活。
1. a small amount or duration;
1. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent;
2. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some;
3. of short duration or distance;
4. not fully grown;
5. (informal terms) small and of little importance;
6. (of a voice) faint;
7. younger brother or sister;
8. lowercase;
9. small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context);
1. not much;
little, small, tiny, minute, miniature
这些形容词均有"小的"之意。
little, few, several
这几个词用作形容词时均含"少量的"之意。
in little
(古)小规模的,微缩的
little or nothing
几乎没有
make little of
没当回事
no little
不小,很大
not a little
不小,很多
quite a little
很多,大量
quite the little —
[用以表示不情愿地或讽刺地承认某人具备能力或取得了成就]的确,真正
a little
一点儿
little by little
逐渐地:慢慢地或逐渐增长地;渐渐地
She is always worrying about little things.
她老是为小事烦恼.
Courtesy costs little and means much.
礼节并不失去什么却获益甚多.
I'm certainly going, but I'll be a little bit late.
我去是去, 可是得晚一点儿.
With a little care you could have avoided the mishap.
你要是小心一点,本来是可以避免这场不测之祸的.
The little town mushroomed into a city.
那座小镇迅速发展成一座城市.