“多”與“少”

我們常用many，much，a lot of等表示“多”，其實還有不少含有“多”的表達方法，請看下面的例句和詞語搭配。

1. 請你多多幫助。Please give me all the help you can.

2. 他多喝了一點。He？蒺s had a drop too much.

3. 這句話多了一個字。There？蒺s one word too many in this sentence.

4. 我在那里多住了幾天。I stayed there a few days longer.

5. 全書一千多頁。It？蒺s a book of 1000-odd pages.

6. 病人今天好多了。The patient is much better today.

7. “他多大年紀？”“六十多歲。”“How old is he？”“He？蒺s over sixty years old.”

8. 看她多精神！Look how energetic she is！

9. 有多大勁使多大勁。Use all your strength.

10. 給我一根繩子，多長都行。Give me a piece of rope；any length will do.

11. 他這會兒還不來，多半不來了。Since he hasn？蒺t come yet，probably he isn？蒺t coming.

12. 這支球隊的成員多半是工人。Most of the members of this ball team are workers.

13. 那里的氣候太多變了。The climate there is too changeable.

14. 這姑娘多才多藝。The girl is gifted in many ways.

15. 何必多此一舉？Why take the trouble to do that？

16. 他在部隊里多次立功。He repeatedly distinguished himself in the army.

17. 多多益善the more the better

18. 多方設法try all possible means/make every effort

19. 多方協助render all manner of help

20. 我多會兒有空多會兒去。I？蒺ll go there when I？蒺m free.

21. 多虧你的幫助我才完成它。I？蒺ve finished it thanks to your help.

22. 多虧你給我們帶路。We were lucky to have you as our guide.

23. 多么新鮮的水果啊！How fresh the fruit is！/What fresh fruit！

24. 不管天多么冷，他都堅持戶外鍛煉。However cold is was，he never stopped taking outdoor exercise.

25. 多面手a many-sided person/a versatile person/an all-rounder

26. 多民族國家multinational country

27. 多難興邦much distress regenerates a nation

28. 我多少有點失望。I feel somewhat disappointed.

29. 他講的多少有點道理。There？蒺s something in what he says.

30. 我知道多少說多少。I？蒺ll tell all I know.

31. 我已等候多時了。I？蒺ve waited a long time.

32. 怪我多事。I shouldn？蒺t have poked my nose into this./I shouldn？蒺t have interfered.

33. 少數服從多數。The minority is subordinate to majority.

34. 你不了解情況別多嘴。You don？蒺t know the facts，so keep your mouth shut.

下面我們再看一下“多”的反義詞“少”的常用示例。

1. 少花錢，多辦事。Get more done on less money.

2. 以少勝多defeat the many with the few

3. 少走彎路avoid detours

4. 少吃多餐have many meals but little food at each

5. 我們還少兩把椅子。We？蒺re still two chairs short.

6. 缺醫少藥be short of doctors and medicine

7. 咱們缺少一個好的守門員。We lack a good goalkeeper.

8. 看看少不少人。See if anyone is missing.

9. 羊群里少了幾只羊。A few sheep have been lost from the flock.

10. 少來這一套！Gut it out！/Quit that！/Stop pretending！

11. 這次比賽少不了你。We can？蒺t do without you for this match.

12. 這事少不了還要麻煩你。We may have to trouble you again about this.

13. 困難看來少不了。It looks as if there are going to be a lot of difficulties.

14. 教學內容要少而精。Teaching content should be concise.

15. 用不著少見多怪。There？蒺s nothing to be surprised at.

16. 也許是我少見多怪。Maybe it was all due to my own ignorance.

17. 他們是少數。They are in the minority.

18. 少數人a small number of people/a few people/the minority

19. 少數民族minority nationality/national minority

20. 少傾after a short while/after a few moments

21. 男女老少men and women，old and young

22. 少年early youth（from ten to sixteen）

23. 少年老成an old head on young shoulders

24. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。If one does not exert oneself in youth，one will regret it in old age./Laziness in youth spells regret in old age.