限定词、量词和副词用法（DETERMINER, QUANTIFIER, AND ADVERB USES）
1. （数量上）微少的，少到几乎没有的（可用so，too，very修饰）
You use little to indicate that there is only a very small amount of something. You can use 'so', 'too', and 'very' in front of little.
2. （频率或程度）微小地，小到几乎没有地
Little means not very often or to only a small extent.
3. （数量上）不多的（亦作a very little）
A little of something is a small amount of it, but not very much. You can also say a very little.
4. 短时间地；一会儿地
If you do something a little, you do it for a short time.
5. （程度上）一点地，少量地
A little or a little bit means to a small extent or degree.
6. 逐渐地；一点一点地
If something happens little by little, it happens very gradually.
You can use the adjective
little to talk about things that are small.
...a little house. ...little children. However,
little is not normally used to emphasize or draw attention to the fact that something is small. For instance, you do not usually say 'The town is
little' or 'I have a very
little car', but you can say
The town is small' or
I have a very small car'.
Little is a less precise word than
small, and may be used to suggest the speaker's feelings or attitude towards the person or thing being described. For that reason,
little is often used after another adjective.
What a nice little house you've got here!... Shut up, you horrible little boy! Little and
a little are both used as determiners in front of uncount nouns, but they do not have the same meaning. For example, if you say '
I have a little money', this is a positive statement and you are saying that you have some money. However, if you say '
I have little money', this is a negative statement and you are saying that you have almost no money.
little作形容词时表示“小的”，如：a
little house（小房子），
little children（小孩子）。但
little一般不用于强调某物之小，如通常不会说 The town is
little或 I have a very
little car, 但可以说The town is small（这个城镇很小）或 I have a very small car（我有一辆很小的汽车）。
little不如small精确，而且可用于表示说话人对于所谈论的人或物的感情或态度。因而，
little常跟在另一个形容词之后，如：What a nice
little house you've got here（你这小房子真漂亮啊），Shut up, you horrible
little boy（闭嘴，你这个讨厌的小家伙）。
little和a
little都可用作限定词修饰不可数名词，但其含义不同。例如，I have a
little money（我有一点钱）是肯定陈述，表示有一些钱，而I have
little money（我没什么钱）是否定陈述，表示几乎没钱。
