less和fewer的区别

文/张哲

Fewer和less都是用来表示数量减少的英语词汇,但它们的使用场合有明显区别。简单来说:Fewer用于可数名词,表示较少的个数。Less用于不可数名词,表示较小的数量或程度。

less和fewer的区别

less和fewer的区别有哪些

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和fewer的双语例句

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。