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■湖南 陳根花
little的代詞用法和形容詞用法大家可能比較熟悉，但對于其副詞用法則可能比較生疏，本文擬專門談談little的副詞用法。
一、用作副詞的little修飾比較級
副詞little修飾比較級時，主要用于修飾better和more。little better的意思是“好不了多少”，相當于not much better；little more (than)的意思是“只”“只不過”。如：
His second suggestion was little better than his first. 他的第二條建議比第一條好不了多少。
His legs were in little better shape than they had been the year before. 他的雙腿與前一年相比沒有多少好轉。
He was little more than a child when his father died. 他父親去世時，他差不多還是個孩子。
Aid to the Third World is at present little more than a drop in the ocean. 目前對第三世界的援助不過是杯水車薪。
He left school with little more than a basic education. 他只接受了點基礎教育就退學了。
二、用作副詞的little修飾動詞
副詞1ittle修飾動詞時，主要用于believe, care, dream, expect, guess, imagine, know, realize, suspect, think, understand等之前，表示“毫不”“根本不”等意。如：
We little believed that he would harm us. 我們根本不相信他會加害于我們。
He little expected to find himself in prison. 他幾乎沒有料到自己會進監獄。
He little knew what he had started. 他一點也不知道他開始干的是什么。
They said goodbye, little knowing that they were never to meet again. 他們道別了，完全不知道他們再也不會見面。
She little thought she would be rewarded. 她一點沒想她會受到酬謝。
注：在某些情況下也可用于動詞之后。如：
I am tired because I slept very little last night. 我累了，因為我昨天夜里睡得很少。
另外，還要特別注意，由于副詞little具有否定意義，所以當它被置于句首時，其后要用倒裝句式。如：
Little does he care whether we live or die. 他一點也不管我們的死活。
Little did I dream that such a thing would happen. 我連作夢都沒想到會有這種事情發生。
Little did he realise the danger he faced. 他幾乎沒有認識到他面臨的危險。
Little did I think that we were talking together for the last time. 我沒有想到我們這次談話竟成訣別。
三、用作副詞的little用于復合詞中
用作副詞的little有時可用于復合詞中，但這種用法非常有限，主要見于little-known, little-used, little-travelled等。如：
It is a little-used footpath. 那是一條幾乎沒有人走的小道。
He’s studying the work of a little-known German novelist. 他正在研讀一位沒有什么名氣的德國小說家的作品。
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