一、fewer than用于可数名词。less than用于不可数名词,实际生活中也可以用于可数名词。例如:
1、Yesterday no fewer than thirty climbers reached the summit
昨天至少30名攀登者登上了顶峰。
2、The marriage had lasted for less than two years
这段婚姻维持了不到两年。
二、与具体人 / 物连用时,多用fewer than。在与表示时间 / 距离 / 金额的计量名词(days/ hours/ miles/ dollars)连用时,要用less than+ 数词 + 计量名词结构。例如:
One in ten women can cook fewer than three meals without looking at a recipe book or asking for help.
扩展资料
Less than和fewer than的其他区别:含义不同、侧重点不同
一、含义不同
1、less than:毫不;完全不;一点都不
例句:
He left in less than two weeks time.
没两个星期他就走了。
2、1、fewer than:少于
例句:
o fewer than twenty girls showed up at the party.
不少于二十个女生出现在那场舞会。
二、侧重点不同
1、Less than侧重于表示时间程度上的少于。
2、fewer than侧重于表示数量上的少于。
less than和fewer than都是少于的意思,但less than用于不可数名词的比较,fewer than用于可数名词的比较,例如:The water(不可数名词) in this bottle is less than in that one.
The students(可数名词) in class 1 is fewer than in class 2.
fewer和less分别是few和little的比较级。
1.fewer是few的比较级形式,一般放在复数名词前面,如:
few problems
fewer problems
I've got fewer problems than I used to have.
我得到的麻烦比过去少多了。
2.less是little的比较级形式,一般放在不可数名词前面,用单数。如:
little money
less money
I earn less money than a postman.
我挣的钱比邮递员少。
ewer than 用于可数名词,比如 fewer than five students 不到5个学生
less than 用于不可数名词,比如 pure water is less than sea water 纯净水比海水少