"precious little" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 非常少
• 幾乎沒有

Definition

用來強調某事物非常少，幾乎沒有。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

'Precious little' 稍微正式或文學化，常帶諷刺意味，用於強調某東西極其少（如 'precious little 時間'）。這裡不是強調“珍貴”，而是極少量。常出現在否定或批評上下文。

Examples

There's precious little food left in the fridge.

冰箱裡剩下的**非常少**食物。

He has precious little patience with children.

他對孩子們只有**非常少**耐心。

We learned precious little from the meeting.

我們從會議中學到了**非常少**。

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

做了這麼多工作，我只取得了**非常少**進步。

She gave me precious little information to help.

她只給了我**非常少**的信息來幫忙。

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

等了這麼久，現在我們**幾乎什麼都**做不了。