詞語辨析之little與small

詞語是詞和短語的合稱，包括詞（含單詞、合成詞）和詞組（又稱短語），組成語句文章的最小組詞結構形式單元。下面是小編整理的詞語辨析之little與small，歡迎閲覽。

little，small

這一對形容詞是同義詞，但修辭意味有所不同。

Little 往往帶有感情色彩，有指小和可愛的意味，它的對義詞是great或big。

small是中性詞，不帶感情色彩，它的反義詞是large。通過下列詞語的比較，我們可以分辨它們的隱含意義：

a little house 含義是小巧玲瓏的房子

a small house 含義是面積或容量不大的`房子

a little girl 含義是可愛的或可憐的小女孩

a small girl 含義是年齡或身材不大的女孩

a little town 含義是可愛的小鎮

a small town 含義是面積不大或人口不多的小鎮

值得注意的是，little和small在修飾某些名詞時，會產生不同的意思。例如：

little money 是沒有多少錢

small money 是面額小的錢幣

下面兩個句子的涵義並不相同，請注意：

He has no small chance of success．

他大有成功的可能。

He has not the smallest chance of success．

他並沒有成功的可能。

一百多年前，有些英美作家用littler，littlest作為little的比較級和最高級，如 the littlest child；the littler house。這種英語在現代英語中已看不到了。

little句子：

"Will you help me plant the wheat?" asked Little Red Hen.

"No," said the rat, the cat and the dog.

"Then I will plant it all by myself," said Little Red Hen.

And she did.

"Will you help me cut the wheat?" asked Little Red Hen.

"No," said the rat, the cat and the dog.

"Then I will cut it all by myself," said Little Red Hen.

And she did.

"Will you help me make the flour?" asked Little Red Hen.

"No," said the rat, the cat and the dog.

"Then I will make it all by myself," said Little Red Hen.

And she did.

"Will you help me make the bread?" asked Little Red Hen.

"No," said the rat, the cat and the dog.

"Then I will make it all by myself," said Little Red Hen.

And she did.

"Will you help me eat the bread?" asked Little Red Hen.

"Yes," said the rat, the cat and the dog.

"No, " said Little Red Hen." I will eat it all by myself."

And she did!