little
det. 少量的; 不多的
pron. 少量的; 不多的
adv. 微小地; 一點地
adj. 小的; 可愛的; 年幼的; 短的; 不嚴重的
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...
我沒什麼錢,也沒多少空閒時間。
I find that I need very little sleep these days...
我發現最近我只需要睡很少時間。
Little means not very often or to only a small extent.
On their way back to Marseille they spoke very little...
返回馬賽的路上,他們沒怎麼說話。
Only Africa is at present little affected by hard drugs.
目前只有非洲沒怎麼受到硬毒品的影響。
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...
卡安太太需要有人幫把手將食品雜貨拿回家。
A little food would do us all some good...
吃點東西,對我們大家都會有好處。
If you do something a little, you do it for a short time.
He walked a little by himself in the garden.
他一個人在花園裡散了一會兒步。
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...
他有幾句提到說肩胛骨之間一直在疼。
He was a little bit afraid of his father's reaction...
他有點害怕父親的反應。
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...
一開始他感覺很好,但慢慢地就變虛弱了。
I would have to learn, little by little, to exist alone.
我得慢慢學會獨自生活。
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
這些形容詞均有"小的"之意。
little, few, several
這幾個詞用作形容詞時均含"少量的"之意。
in little
(古)小規模的,微縮的
little or nothing
幾乎沒有
make little of
沒當回事
no little
不小,很大
not a little
不小,很多
quite a little
很多,大量
quite the little —
[用以表示不情願地或諷刺地承認某人具備能力或取得了成就]的確,真正
a little
一點兒
little by little
逐漸地:慢慢地或逐漸增長地;漸漸地
She is always worrying about little things.
她老是為小事煩惱.
Courtesy costs little and means much.
禮節並不失去什麼卻獲益甚多.
I'm certainly going, but I'll be a little bit late.
我去是去, 可是得晚一點兒.
With a little care you could have avoided the mishap.
你要是小心一點,本來是可以避免這場不測之禍的.
The little town mushroomed into a city.
那座小鎮迅速發展成一座城市.