在英語(yǔ)代詞中， few 與 little 作形容詞用，都表示“幾乎沒有”，相當(dāng)于一個(gè)否定詞。它們具體的區(qū)別有以下幾個(gè)方面：
1、few 后面跟復(fù)數(shù)可數(shù)名詞。例如：
There are few books in his room.
There are few students in his class.

2、little 后面跟單數(shù)不可數(shù)名詞。例如：
He has few friends.
他沒有幾個(gè)朋友。
They has little money.
他們沒有什么錢。

3、a few 與 a little 都表示肯定的意思，指“有一點(diǎn)，有一些”。
a few 后加可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)。例如：
I'm going to buy a few bananas.
a little 后加不可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)。
I can speak only a little Chinese.

4、a little 與 little 也可以用作副詞， 表示“有點(diǎn)”“稍稍” 表示“很少”.例如：
---Can you speak English?
----Yes, but only a little.
This book is a little more difficult than that one.（可修飾形容詞比較級(jí)）
She slept little last night.
昨天晚上，她沒有怎么睡覺。

5、a few / a little 為肯定含義，還有一點(diǎn)；few / little　為否定含義，沒有多少了。例如：
He has a few friends.　他有幾個(gè)朋友。
He has few friends.　他幾乎沒有朋友。
We still have a little time. 我們還有點(diǎn)時(shí)間。
There is little time left.幾乎沒剩下什么時(shí)間了。

6、我們來看看這個(gè)例句：
Although he 's wealthy，he spends___ on clothes.
A. little　B. few　C. a little　D. a few
答案：A. spend所指的是錢，不可數(shù)，只能用little或 a little. 本句為although引導(dǎo)的讓步狀語(yǔ)從句，由句意知后句為否定含義，因此應(yīng)用little表示幾乎不。

7、固定搭配：only a few (=few）　not a few (=many）　quite a few (=many) many a (=many)
Many books were sold.
賣出了許多書。