As there were ______ lifeboats for everybody. two choice>> 1. very few 2. too few

Question

which one is correct ,why???

Answer 1

The correct answer is ... too few.
Why? The key to this is:

***This sentence isn't really complete, it could be something like:

As there were too few lifeboats for everbody, (the captain decided women and children should be rescued first)".

因为这个句子以 As 开头，表示了一层因果关系。紧随其后的 ... "for everybody" 表明了是“太少”救生艇，不够给所有人乘坐。

假如只是单纯说救生艇不多，用 very few 就没错：

There were very few lifeboats. 语法正确且完整。

因此，必须透彻了解话中没说出来的意思再作选择。

Answer 2

B
太少了，too常用于否定

Answer 3

too few
因为too few 强调语气很重。而且这句话的背景是lifeboat。。救生用的
very few只是说很少

Answer 4

very few
非常少，但够 几乎没有几个
too few
太少了
所以选2

Answer 5

A 符合语言习惯，以上别的解释真是不好

Answer 6

当然是1 few是个表示否定意义的词 而too是常用于肯定句中的，否定句中常用either。