few

UK
/fjuː/
US
/fjuː/
fewdeterminer
UK
/fjuː/
US
/fju/
(quantifier – with countable nouns – negative meaning)
Übersetzungen
Few things in this world give me more pleasure than a long bath.
Немногие вещи в этом мире доставляют мне столько же удовольствия, как долгая расслабляющая ванна.
We get few complaints.
Мы получаем мало жалоб.
Definitionen
Used before plural countable nouns to indicate a small number (often implying 'not enough').
Very few people can afford to pay those prices.
Synonyme
scarcely any
hardly any
a small number of
not many
Antonyme
plenty of
a lot of
fewpronomen
UK
/fjuː/
US
/fjuː/
(quantifier – without nouns – countable – negative meaning)
Übersetzungen
Few of the students understood the material.
Немногие из студентов поняли материал.
несколько(немного)
Few were chosen for the team.
Несколько были выбраны в команду.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
мало кто
Definitionen
Used alone to refer to a small number of people or things already mentioned or understood.
Few were chosen for the final round of interviews.
Synonyme
hardly any
a small number
not many
fewsubstantiv
Definitionen
A privileged, narrow group of people: oligarchy, those in power, intellectuals (usually with 'the').
For the many, not the few!