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little的代词用法和形容词用法大家可能比较熟悉,但对于其副词用法则可能比较生疏,本文专门讲解little的副词用法。
一、用作副词的little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。
二、用作副词的little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”等意。
如:
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*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。
注: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。
另外,还要特别注意,由于副词little具有否定意义,所以当它被置于句首时,其后要用倒装句式。
如:
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.
我连作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。
三、用作副词的little用于复合词中
用作副词的little有时可用于复合词中,但这种用法非常有限,主要见于little-known, little-used, little-travelled等。
如:
It is a little-used footpath.
那是一条几乎没有人走的小道。
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。
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