英语词汇“to be few in number”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to be few in number: to consist of only a small number.In quot. 1611 : (of a leader) to have only a small number of supporters.

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxxvii. 1238 Pigges of þe secounde sowe ben fewere in nombre.

1481 (a1470) J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero De Amicicia (Caxton) sig. a6^v I speke..of that frendship which is very & parfyght, like to theirs, which haue ben but fewe in nombre deserued, so to be callyd.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. ii. 5 They of whome God is alltogether vnapprehended, are but few in number.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxxiv. 30 I being few in number .

1788 J. Madison in Federalist Papers xlix. 110 The members of the executive and judiciary departments are few in number.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 4 They may be fewer in number than was supposed.

1944 J. Millar in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder x. 344/1 The tools used by the slater are few in number.

2006 W. McDowell Broadcast Television iii. 32 More revenue is generated from selling commercial adjacencies. One nagging problem..is that adjacencies are few in number.

单词	to be few in number
释义	> as lemmas to be few in number a. to be few in number: to consist of only a small number.In quot. 1611 : (of a leader) to have only a small number of supporters. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxxvii. 1238 Pigges of þe secounde sowe ben fewere in nombre. 1481 (a1470) J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero De Amicicia (Caxton) sig. a6^v I speke..of that frendship which is very & parfyght, like to theirs, which haue ben but fewe in nombre deserued, so to be callyd. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. ii. 5 They of whome God is alltogether vnapprehended, are but few in number. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxxiv. 30 I being few in number . View more context for this quotation 1788 J. Madison in Federalist Papers xlix. 110 The members of the executive and judiciary departments are few in number. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 4 They may be fewer in number than was supposed. 1944 J. Millar in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder x. 344/1 The tools used by the slater are few in number. 2006 W. McDowell Broadcast Television iii. 32 More revenue is generated from selling commercial adjacencies. One nagging problem..is that adjacencies are few in number. extracted from fewadj.pron.n. < as lemmas
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