"precious little" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 非常少
• 几乎没有

Definition

用来强调某事物非常少，几乎没有。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

'Precious little' 稍显正式或文学，常带有讽刺意味，强调某物极其稀少（如 'precious little 时间'）。这里不是强调“珍贵”，而是数量很少。常用于否定或批评的语境。

Examples

There's precious little food left in the fridge.

冰箱里剩下的**非常少**食物。

He has precious little patience with children.

他对孩子们只有**非常少**耐心。

We learned precious little from the meeting.

我们从会议中学到了**非常少**。

All that work and I've made precious little progress.

做了这么多工作，我只取得了**非常少**进步。

She gave me precious little information to help.

她只给了我**非常少**的信息来帮忙。

After all this waiting, there's precious little we can do now.

等了这么久，现在我们**几乎什么都**做不了。