【电影台词】 ,
several miles by water fewer than land.,It occurs to me that the expense of the transportation would be materially diminished--
"Materially diminished?" - If we use the waterway.,
——12 Years a Slave,...比水少几英里。
在我看来，交通的费用将大大减少 -
“”大大减少了？ - 如果我们使用水道呢。,
——《为奴十二载》,
一、关于several，你应该知道的用法有 ,
adj. ,
1.几个的，数个的 ,I bought several books today.,今天我买了几本书。,
2.【书】各不相同的，各自的 ,They shook hands and went their several ways.,他们握了手，然后各走各的路,
pron. ,
3.几个，数个 ,They plained that the salary is too low. Several have quit working,他们抱怨工资太低。其中几个已经辞职了。,
二、词义辨析：表示相同含义的词还有哪些呢？ ,
little, few, several ,这几个词用作形容词时均含“少量的”之意。
little只修饰不可数名词，含否定意义。
few只修饰可数名词的复数形式，侧重指数量非常少，给人一种模糊概念，含否定意义。
several修饰可数名词的复数形式，指至少有3个，但不会超过5、6个。,
学会several的用法了吗？一起来做个测试吧！ ,He tossed off ______ papers in half an hour.
他在半小时之内就看完了几份报纸。