det 数(几)个的(more than two or three but not many;a few)：～times/days/letters/people数次/三四天/几封信/几个人;speak～languages能讲几种语言;serve～purposes具有多种用途;need～books 需要几本书;It's～hundred miles from Paris to Lyon.从巴黎到里昂有数百英里的路程。〖同〗some，few;

pron几(数)个(more than two or three but not many of;a few of)：～of the alumni几位校友;～of the friends 几个朋友;～of the photographs几张照片;～of the letters 几封信件;S～ (of them) were ill.(他们)有几个人病了。There are～here that I don't know. 这有几个人我不认识. S～of my friends are learning French and～more are English majors at language schools in Cambridge.我有几个朋友在剑桥语言学院学习法语，还有几个朋友在那里学习英语。〖同〗a few;

→′severally adv 分开地