fewer

英['fjuːə] 美['fjuːə]

adj. 少的；越来越少的
adj. 较少的
int. 较少数

few adj.很少的；少数的；几个pron.少数n.少量
Few-leaf-spring 少片钢板弹簧
few-peptide 寡肽
Few-seed 少籽
few-tillering 寡分蘖

Adjective:

(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of;
"fewer birds came this year"
"the birds are fewer this year"
"fewer trains were late"

1. We need fewer organizers and more doers.: 我们需要的是少些组织者，多些实干者。

2. There seem to be fewer tourists around this year.: 今年来访的旅游者似乎少了。

3. Fewer workers are needed to solder circuit boards.: 焊接电路板需要较少的工人。

4. Fewer people desire to live in the north of the country.: 想住在这个国家北方的人就更少了。

5. 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。

6. The government says fewer Americans are carpooling to work.: 政府宣称拼车上班的美国人越来越少。

7. Yesterday no fewer than thirty climbers reached the summit.: 昨天不少于三十名登山者到达了顶峰。

8. Nowadays there are fewer extrinsic pressures to get married.: 现在，结婚与否很少受到来自外部的压力。

9. He was advised to smoke fewer cigarettes and drink less beer.: 有人劝他少抽烟、少喝啤酒。

10. No fewer than thirteen foreign ministers attended the session.: 不少于13个国家的外长参加了会议。

11. Officials hoped admitting fewer foreigners would calm the situation.: 官方希望通过招收较少的外国人来平息局面。

12. Contrary to popular belief , women cause fewer road accidents than men.: 与普遍的看法相反，妇女交通肇事比男人少。

13. Food should be allowed to go through immediately with fewer restrictions.: 食品应允许快速流通，少受限制。

14. The company cut its workforce through natural attrition and fewer hirings.: 该公司通过自然流失及减少招聘缩减了员工数量。

15. Mr. Williams is a conservative who advocates fewer government controls on business.: 威廉斯先生是一位提倡减少政府对商业的控制的保守人士。

16. Retail sales dipped six-tenths of a percent last month, largely because Americans were buying fewer cars.: 零售额上个月下降了0.6%，主要是由于美国人汽车买得更少了。

17. Countries cannot have it both ways: the cost of a cleaner environment may sometimes be fewer jobs in dirty industries.: 各国不能二者兼得：环境更为洁净的代价有可能是污染工业的减少。

18. While many people insure against death, far fewer take precautions against long-term loss of income because of sickness.: 虽然许多人买人寿险，但很少有人采取预防措施以避免因疾病而造成的长期收入损失。

19. They have fewer reasons to cheat.: 他们作弊的理由更少。

20. It requires fewer tables and chairs.: 它需要更少的桌子和椅子。

21. Fewer students require fewer teachers.: 学生少了对老师的需要减少。

22. Be careful and you'll make fewer mistakes.: 细心一些，犯错也会少些。

23. Took in fewer calories and ate more healthy food.: 摄入更少的卡路里，吃更多的健康食品。

24. They will make fewer mistakes than human drivers do.: 比起人类司机，它们犯的错误更少。

25. Generally speaking, women commit fewer crimes than men.: 一般来说，女性犯罪比男性少。

26. Insect farming also produces far fewer greenhouse gases.: 昆虫养殖产生的温室气体也少得多。

27. Fewer emissions and cheaper travel sound pretty appealing.: 较少的碳排放和较便宜的旅行费用听起来很诱人。

28. No fewer than fifty students participated in this activity.: 不少于50名学生参加了这项活动。

29. Fewer and fewer people are in work.: 越来越少的人有工作。

30. There were fewer than twenty people there.: 那里有不到二十个人。

用作形容词 (adj.)

There will be fewer trees in the future.
未来将会有更少的树。
Fewer and fewer people know what his real name is.
越来越少的人知道他的真名是什么。
Fewer and fewer people know what his real name is.
越来越少的人知道他的真名是什么。
Fewer members were now interested in going to sea on lifesaving missions, so they hired lifeboat crews to do this work.
越来越少的人对海上救援的职责感兴趣了，于是他们雇用了一班人执行海上救援工作。

用作形容词 (adj.)

If we can mechanize farming we can produce more crops with fewer people.
如果我们能使耕种机械化，我们就能用较少的人力生产更多的农产品。
Better living conditions mean more live births and fewer stillbirths.
生活条件改善就会有较多的活产，较少的死产。

few 很少的
no fewer than 不少于

【近义词】

less 更少的

【反义词】

more 更多的

few fewtrils Few sperm few years few or no few words few if any fewer than Few-seed Few tiller few seeded

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