few

1.（与复数名词和复数动词连用）不多，很少used with plural nouns and a plural verb to mean ‘not many’

2.（与复数名词和复数动词连用）有些，几个used with plural nouns and a plural verb to mean ‘a small number’, ‘some’

few and far between

稀少；稀疏；不常发生not frequent; not happening often

1.很少人（或事物、地方）not many people, things or places

2.有些（人、事物、地方）；一些a small number of people, things or places; some

3.不和…一般多；少于not as many as

4.（与复数动词连用）少数人used with a plural verb to mean ‘a small group of people’

quite a few

相当多；不少a fairly large number

have had a few

喝醉了；已醉to have had enough alcohol to make you drunk

1.有些,几个

2.少数的,很少,几乎没有

1.少数,几个

2.(对“多数”说的)少数

3.很少数,几乎没有

1.some, but not many

2.used for emphasizing that a number of people or things is very small, especially when the number is smaller than you would like or expect