“a few”例句

单词 a few
例句 DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔ABOUT〕With regard to the proposed new shopping mall, I would like to add a few remarks to those of the previous speaker. 关于提议的这个新的购物中心,我想给前一位的发言补充几句。朗文写作活用〔BREAK〕A few windows cracked from the heat during the fire. 失火后产生的高温使几扇窗子裂开了。朗文写作活用〔ENOUGH/NOT ENOUGH〕The records show that the city has a few acres of land to spare. 记录显示该城市有几英亩土地可以腾出来使用。朗文写作活用〔LOGICAL〕There were a few things in his story that didn't add up. 他那套说法里有几件事情说不通。朗文写作活用〔acclimatize〕The mountain climbers spent a few days acclimatizing themselves to the high altitude..登山者们花了几天时间让自己适应高海拔环境。韦氏高阶〔advance〕Parents are sent a reading list a few weeks in advance of the start of the school year.在学年开始前几个星期就向家长们寄了课外阅读书目。麦克米伦高阶〔ardour〕His ardour for her cooled after only a few weeks.他对她狂热的爱慕之情才几个星期就冷却了。剑桥高阶〔bump〕He had a few injuries, mostly bumps and bruises.他受了一些伤,基本上都是肿块和青瘀。朗文当代〔choked〕She tried to say a few words but found herself choked.她努力想说几句,可是却发现自己哽咽得说不出话来。剑桥高阶〔dash off〕The essay was dashed off in a few hours.那篇论文是在几小时内匆匆完成的。外研社新世纪〔demure〕A few weeks later, she had shed her demure image.几星期以后她抛弃了假正经的形象。英汉大词典〔earlier〕A few days earlier, he had assured me that he didn't want to come.几天前,他还向我保证说他不想来。麦克米伦高阶〔famous last words〕I told him categorically that we could never be anything more than friends. Famous last words! Within a few months we were engaged.我明确告诉他我们只可能做朋友。说得跟真的似的,可才过了几个月我们就订婚了!剑桥高阶〔fine〕I've been ill for a few weeks but I'm fine now.我病了几个星期, 但现在已经好了。外研社新世纪〔go〕The whole building went up in just a few minutes.短短几分钟内整幢建筑就迅速燃烧起来。麦克米伦高阶〔happen〕As it happened (= although it was not planned), I had a few minutes to spare.我碰巧有几分钟空闲。剑桥高阶〔home truth〕He decided it was time to tell her a few home truths.他觉得是时候告诉她一些坏消息了。剑桥高阶〔hot〕I was too hot and tired to eat more than a few mouthfuls.我又热又累,只吃了几口就吃不下了。柯林斯高阶〔joke〕She spent a few minutes joking with reporters after giving her speech.演讲结束后,她和记者们说笑了一会儿。韦氏高阶〔journal〕She subscribes to quite a few academic journals.她订阅了好几种学术期刊。牛津搭配〔kill〕We killed a few hours watching videos.我们看录像打发了几个小时的时间。麦克米伦高阶〔know〕I'll need a few weeks to get to know the system.我需要几周的时间来熟悉这一系统。剑桥高阶〔lie up〕The escaped prisoners lay up in a barn for a few weeks, until the search had been called off.越狱犯在一个谷仓里躲藏了数周,直到对他们的搜索取消為止。剑桥高阶〔make a virtue (out) of sth〕I had a couple of months to spare between jobs so I thought I'd make a virtue of necessity by acquiring a few new skills.我换工作期间有几个月空闲时间,因此不如趁此机会学一些新技能。剑桥高阶〔manage〕Only a few passengers managed to survive the crash.只有少数乘客在这次撞车事故中幸存。韦氏高阶〔me〕Give me a few hours to think about it.给我几个小时考虑一下吧。外研社新世纪〔minute〕The exhibition was held only a few minutes from their tiny cottage.展会的举办地距离他们的小屋只有几分钟的路程。外研社新世纪〔oligarchy〕Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.寡头统治政府:指由一些,特别是少数几个人或家族组成的小集团统治的政府美国传统〔overweight〕I'm only a few pounds overweight, but I just can't seem to lose them.我只不过超重几磅,不过好像就是减不下来。剑桥高阶〔pile〕A few newspapers and magazines were piled on a table.几份报纸和杂志堆在桌上。柯林斯高阶〔probing〕She asked me a few probing questions.她问了我几个寻根究底的问题。剑桥高阶〔puff〕She put the cigarette out after a few puffs.她吸了几口之后就把雪茄弄灭了。麦克米伦高阶〔rumble〕He rumbled out a few words and left the classroom.他低声嘟囔了几句,离开了教室。21世纪英汉〔scrape〕She emerged from the overturned car with only a few scrapes and bruises.她从翻了的车里钻出来,只擦破一点皮,碰了几块瘀青。牛津高阶〔sediment〕It is hoped that the oil slick will sink to the seabed where it would be covered within a few years by sediments and eventually decompose.人们希望浮油会沉到海底,并且在数年内被沉积物覆盖,最终分解。剑桥高阶〔spitball〕We're just spitballing, of course, but here are a few ideas we'll hand along.当然喽,我们是随口说说,但是这里确有一些意见我们是要表达的。英汉大词典〔squirt〕Nick squirted a few blobs of ketchup onto his burger.尼克把几滴番茄酱挤到他的汉堡包上。麦克米伦高阶〔stand〕He could stand to lose a few pounds.他减掉几磅体重会更好。外研社新世纪〔succumb〕A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London.几年后,卡佳因患癌症在伦敦病逝。柯林斯高阶〔tie ... up〕The accident tied up the traffic for a few hours.事故使交通阻塞了几小时。21世纪英汉〔unload〕I really need to unload. Do you have a few minutes? 我实在需要倾诉一下,你有时间吗?韦氏高阶After the murder, the police rounded up a few suspects. 在谋杀案后,警察围捕了一些嫌疑犯。译典通Both nightclubs are attended mainly by gays and lesbians but a few straights go there too.出入两家夜总会的主要都是同性恋者,但也有一些非同性恋者去那里。剑桥国际In the south of the island there are just a few scattered (= widely separated) villages/settlements.在岛的南面有好几个疏疏落落的村庄/居民点。剑桥国际My aunt made a few pointed remarks about my taste in clothes.姑姑就我对服装的品味作了尖锐的批评。剑桥国际She passed round a large plate of appetizers and I took a cheese biscuit and a few nuts.她把一大盘小吃递过来,我拿了一块奶酪饼干和几颗果仁。剑桥国际The Queen passed among the crowd, stopping occasionally to shake a hand or exchange a few words with someone.女王走过人群,偶尔停下和某个人握下手或交谈几句。剑桥国际The phone rang, but only for a few seconds.电话铃响了,但只响了一会儿。剑桥国际There are a couple of fish with blue markings, and a few more with gold stripes down the side.那边有几条带蓝色花纹的鱼,另有几条是带金色条纹的。剑桥国际You have to take a few disappointments-- it's all part of growing up.你不得不接受几次失望的经历----这是成长的一部分。剑桥国际

 

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