注意：not a few的意思不是“很少”，而是“不少”或“相当多”，它与quite a few, a good few大致同义。
例句：
A few tourists were buzzing around.
几名游客在匆忙地跑来跑去。
I've simply extracted a few figures.
我只是摘取了一些数据。
We've had a few replies.
我们已得到了一些答复。
Real power belongs to the few.
真正的权力掌握在少数人手中。
Matches cost only a few pence.
火柴只需几便士。
A few cars passed close by me.
几辆车从我近旁驶过。