3.用little,few表示.little用于指不可数名词,few用于指可数名词,均表示“很少”:
There is little time left.没什么时间了.
Few people like snakes.很少有人喜欢蛇.
【注】若在其前用不定冠词,则表示肯定意义:
There is a little time left.还有点点时间.
A few people like snakes.有少数人喜欢蛇.
6.用neither表示.意为“两者都不”:
I like neither of the books.这两本书我都不喜欢.
Neither of us enjoy getting up early.我们俩谁也不喜欢早起.
7.用seldom表示.意为“很少”:
The children are seldom ill.这些孩子很少生病.
It seldom snows here.这儿很少下雪.
8.用hardly表示.意为“几乎不”:
He hardly ever eats meat.他几乎从不吃肉.
Jim is hardly ever late.吉姆几乎从不迟到.
9.用too…to表示.该结构虽不含否定词,但含有否定含义,意为“太…以致不能…”:
It is too late to do anything now.现在要做什么已为时太晚.
I’m too tired to go any farther.我太累了,走不动了.