意思不同:
less通常表示“更少的,较少的,少量”;fewer通常表示“少的,越来越少的,较少的”。
用法不同:
less用于修饰抽象、不可数的名词,如:There was much less noise in the park after the children left.孩子们离开后,公园里安静了许多。
fewer用于修饰可数名词,如:The weather became worse and there were fewer climbers.天气变差,爬山的人少了很多。
less:
1.These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space.
这些文档已经进行了压缩,以节省磁盘空间。
2.He is lined up for no less than four US television interviews.
多达4家美国电视媒体排期邀请他上节目接受采访。
fewer:
1.Fewer than 7% of asylum seekers areaccepted as political refugees.
寻求避难者中有不到7%的人被视作政治难民。
2.The report shows that fewer couplesare getting hitched.
报告显示,结婚的人数呈下降趋势。
3.Childbirth now held fewer terrors forher than it once had.
她现在不像原来那样害怕分娩了。