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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第472页（517字）

【释义】：

a．(修饰个体名词、集合名词)①很少的：aman of few words话不多的人．Courses should be few er and better．课程设置要精简．no few er than不下于，不少于：No few er than fifty persons joined in the swimming competition．至少有五十人参加了这次游泳比赛：few and far between稀罕的，难得的．②(a few)一些，几个：I’ll lend you a few books·我可以借给你几本书(比较：I have few books to lend you．我没有什么书可借给你)．quite a few(=some few，a good few，not a few)不少的．only a few 很少的．fewness n．少，少数．

－n．①少数：the few 少数，少数人．②(a few)几个，一些：I know a few of these people．这些人我认识几个．