1.小的；比较小的not big; small; smaller than others
a little house小房子
a little group of tourists一小群游客
a little old lady一位小老太太
the classic little black dress典雅的黑色小连衣裙
‘Which do you want?’ ‘I'll take the little one.’“你要哪一个？”“我要那个小的。”
She gave a little laugh.她笑了一笑。
We should manage, with a little bit of luck.我们只要有一点点运气就能应付过去。
Here's a little something(= a small present) for your birthday.这是送给你的生日小礼物。
2.（用在形容词的后面表示喜爱或厌恶，尤指屈尊俯就地）可爱的，可怜的，讨厌的used after an adjective to show affection or dislike, especially in a patronizing way(= one that suggests that you think you are better than sb)
The poor little thing ! It's lost its mother.这可怜的小家伙！没有了妈妈。
What a nasty little man!多么令人讨厌的家伙！
She's a good little worker.她是个讨人喜欢的工人。
He'd become quite the little gentleman.他成了颇有风度的绅士了。
3.年幼的；幼小的young
a little boy/girl小男孩；小女孩
my little brother/sister(= younger brother/sister)我的弟弟╱妹妹
I lived in America when I was little.我小时候生活在美国。
4.短的；近的；短暂的short
A little while later the phone rang.过了一小会儿电话响了起来。
Shall we walk a little way?我们走一小段路好吗？
5.微不足道的；不严重的not important; not serious
I can't remember every little detail.我记不住每一个微小的细节。
You soon get used to the little difficulties.你很快就会习惯这些小小的不便了。
1.（与不可数名词连用）不多的used with uncountable nouns to mean ‘not much’
There was little doubt in my mind.我心里几乎没有疑问。
Students have little or no choice in the matter.学生在这个问题上很少有或没有选择余地。
I understood little of what he said.我几乎听不懂他讲的。
She said little or nothing(= hardly anything) about her experience.她对自己的经历几乎只字不提。
Tell him as little as possible .尽量少告诉他。
2.（与不可数名词连用）少量的，一些used with uncountable nouns to mean ‘a small amount’, ‘some’
a little milk/sugar/tea少许牛奶╱糖╱茶
If you have any spare milk, could you give me a little?你要是有多余的牛奶，给我一些好吗？
I've only read a little of the book so far.这本书我才读了一小部分。
It caused not a little/no little(= a lot of) confusion.这事引起了不小的混乱。
After a little(= a short time) he got up and left.过了一会儿他站起来走了。
Little by little the snow disappeared.雪渐渐融化了。
His English is improving little by little.他的英语正在逐步提高。
Little by little the snow disappeared.雪渐渐融化了。
His English is improving little by little.他的英语正在逐步提高。
1.不多；稍许；略微not much; only slightly
He is little known as an artist.几乎没人知道他是个艺术家。
I slept very little last night.昨晚我几乎没怎么睡。
Little did I know that this spelled the end of my career.我一点也没想到这会断送了我的职业生涯。
2.a little (bit)少许；少量；一点to a small degree
She seemed a little afraid of going inside.她好像有点害怕进去。
These shoes are a little (bit) too big for me.我穿这双鞋太大了一点。
Everything has become just that little bit harder.一切都变得更艰难了。
She felt tired and more than a little worried.她感到既疲劳又非常担忧。
I published the book last summer, Pedagogy of the Bible it's called, Pedagogy of the Bible, and I'll set that in a little bit of context.
我去年夏天出版的这本书，叫做，我会联系一点上下文。
I've always been just a little baffled at the whole concept of app-phone cases.
一直以来，关于橡胶手机套的整个主意总令我有些困惑不解。
He was only a little taller than Lucy herself and carried over his head an umbrella, white with snow.
他只比露西高一点点，头顶上打着一把伞，白色的雪覆盖着。
That Ruth had little faith in his power as a writer, did not alter her nor diminish her in Martin's eyes.
虽然露丝对马丁当作家的本领缺乏信心，她在马丁眼中却并无变化，也没有被他小看。
Apparently, the woman spent most of her time trying to impress people, and very little actually living her life.
似乎她大部分的时间都是在争取给人留下深刻的印象而没有真正的活出自己。
Start small, with something that isn't really a big deal, but might help you do something just a little bit better than you do it today.
从一些不是很重要的事情开始，但是有可能能帮你在做事情时一点点地进步。
Little children seem to have an innate sense of the idea of fairness even apart from opposite conditioning experiences.
小孩子似乎有一种关于公平的天然感觉，即使社会经历相反。
I felt the game was a little faster than when I got to play it a while back at around the 50% complete mark.
我觉得比赛是快一点比我发挥了它在50%左右完成标志着在回来。
"Ah, if it were but a little pussy-cat! " said she; but the rose tree, with its beautiful rose came to view.
“我希望那里面是一只小猫！”她说。可是看见的却是一朵美丽的玫瑰花。
I thought about it day and night. My master liked to go fishing in a little boat, and he al-ways took me with him.
我日夜思考着逃跑的事。我的主人喜欢乘小船去钓鱼，而且总是带上我。
And forgetting his own sorrow he ran back to the place, and saw there a little Hare caught in a trap that some hunter had set for it.
忘记了自己的悲痛，星孩跑回去一看，原来是一只小野兔被困在了猎人设下的陷阱里。
S. has been one of isolation and frustration. Torrington has no other foreign students, and little in the way of English-language help.
托灵顿校区只有他们是国外留学生，而且这对他们的英语学习帮助也不大。
Above all, this time that I used to waste on social network sites has taught me nothing and has given me very little in return.
最重要的是，这些我过去浪费在社交网站上的时间没有教给我任何东西，几乎没有带来益处。
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy. "
然而，第二天早上小女儿给她父亲带来了礼物：“爸爸，这是给你的。”
He always stopped, said a few kind words to the poor man, and gave him a little money, but he did not take any of his matches.
他总会停下脚步，跟穷汉聊几句，给他几个小钱，但从不拿他的火柴。
Despite the disconnect between educational quality and economic health, the matter curiously draws little media attention.
尽管在教育质量和良好地经济发展之间存在着断层，令人不解的是，鲜有媒体考虑到这点。
On the next circle the fish's back was out but he was a little too far from the boat.
又兜了一圈，鱼的背脊露出来了，不过它离小船还是太远了一点。
The size of the camera is so small it just about fits in your palm, but it's a little too big to put into a pocket.
摄像机非常小，可以完全放入我们的掌心，但是如果要放入口袋，那就稍微大了点。
"It is your garden now, little children, " said the giant, and he took a great axe and knocked down the wall.
「孩子们，花园现在是你们的了。」说著，巨人拿起一把大斧头，砍到了自己筑起的高耸围墙。
If I was a little star in the sky, I do not have the sun shining, no bringing a moon, not even bright lights of humanity.
如果我是一颗夜空中的小星星，我没有太阳的光辉，也没有月亮的皎洁，甚至没有人类的灯光明亮。
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