little 的含义辨析和区分?

They seemed devoted to one another. They had little private jokes of their own which, unintelligible to the outsider, amused them enormously. 

1) 句中little可以理解成“几乎没”否定的含义吗? 为什么?

2) 为什么不是..., which...? 上句是 of their own which, unintelligible to ... 就是which的位置?


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最佳答案 2020-12-08 19:01

They seemed devoted to one another. They had little private jokes of their own which, unintelligible to the outsider, amused them enormously. 
1. little:几乎不。是表示量的限定词,修饰不可数名词,这里jokes 不可数吗?显然不是否定。little 还有一个意思 “小的”,这是形容词,修饰可数名词jokes。至此,网友应该明白little 的用法了。
2. which 指代 jokes,of their own 是 jokes 的定语,which 之前为何加逗号呢?它是限制性定语从句。

【翻译】他们似乎彼此深爱对方。他们自己也有一些私下里的小笑话,外人看不懂,却把自己逗乐了。

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