less和fewer的区别

less通常表示更少的，较少的，少量；通常用在不可数名词。fewer通常表示少的，越来越少的，较少的；用在可数名词之前。

less和fewer的区别有什么

1、原型不同：

less的原型是little，fewer的原型是few。

2、用法不同：

less用于修饰抽象、不可数的名词，如：There was much less noise in the park after the children left.孩子们离开后，公园里安静了许多。

fewer用于修饰可数名词，如：The weather became worse and there were fewer climbers.天气变差，爬山的人少了很多。

less和fewer的例句

1. Fewer than 7% of asylum seekers areaccepted as political refugees.

寻求避难者中有不到7%的人被视作政治难民。

2. The report shows that fewer couplesare getting hitched.

报告显示，结婚的人数呈下降趋势。

3. Childbirth now held fewer terrors forher than it once had.

她现在不像原来那样害怕分娩了。

4. less butter/time/importance

较少的黄油 / 时间;次要

5.He was advised to smoke fewercigarettes and drink less beer.

有人劝他少抽烟、少喝啤酒。