little修饰比较级时,其用法比较有限,主要用于修饰better和more：
little better：其意为“好不了多少”,相当于not much better.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.
little more (than)：其意为“只”“只不过”.如：
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.
但是a little 可以修饰比较级.