more、less、fewer的区别:含义不同、用法不同。more的意思为更多的、更大的,可作副词,后面可接可数或不可数名词;less意为更少的,后接不可数名词,也可以用来修饰动词、形容词和副词;fewer意为较少的、几乎没,表示否定的意思,后接可数名词。
一、more的中文释义及用法介绍
more中文翻译为更多的、更大的,用作副词,后面可以接可数名词也可以接不可数名词。
例句:I won't take up any more of your time.
我不再占用你的时间了。
He'd like more time to think things over.
他希望有更多的时间把情况考虑周详。
Now she won't have to go out to work any more.
现在她不必再出去工作了。
She tried to be more positive about her new job.
她力求对新工作更有信心。
If that is the case, we need more staff.
如果真是那样,我们就需要更多的员工了。
二、less的中文释义及用法介绍
less可作为代词、副词、介词以及形容词,作代词时,意为较少的、更少的,作副词时,意为较少,作介词时,意为减去、扣除,作形容词时,意为比较小的、讨厌的、年幼的。后面接不可数名词。
例句:We have less to worry about now.
现在我们要担忧的事少一些了。
It is less of a problem than I'd expected.
问题不像我预料的那么大。
How much will it cost, more or less?
这个大概得花多少钱?
It is less of a problem than I'd expected.
问题不像我预料的那么大。
As time went by we saw less and less of each other.
随着时间的推移,我们见面越来越少。
三、fewer的基本释义及用法介绍
fewer意为较少的,几乎没有,表示否定的意思,后面接可数名词。
例句:There are no fewer than 100 different species in the area.
这个地区有不少于100个的不同物种。
Fewer people write with their left hand than with their right.
用左手写字的人比用右手的人少。
There seem to be fewer tourists around this year.
今年来访的旅游者似乎少了。
There were fewer than twenty people there.
那里有不到二十个人。