1，大家知道，a little 用于修飾比較級的用法比較廣泛。如：

The paper should be a little thicker. 這紙應該再厚一點兒。

Can’t you walk a little faster? 你不能走得快一點兒嗎?

Do work a little harder. 務必請你工作再努力一點吧。

Couldn’t you come a little earlier? 你是否能提前一些日子來?

I wish you would stay a little longer. 我希望你再待一會兒。

Do the vegetables a little longer. 讓蔬菜煮的時間長一點。

She was feeling a little better than usual. 她感到比平時好一點了。

It’s a little colder today than it was yesterday. 今天比昨天冷一點兒。

You are a little fatter than when I saw you last. 你比我上次見你時胖點了。

A little more slowly. 再慢一點。

You might tune that wireless a little lower, children. 你們還是把那收音機開小一點兒吧，孩子們。

2，但是，副詞little修飾比較級時，其用法比較有限，主要用于修飾better和more：

1. little better：其意為“好不了多少”，相當于not much better。如：

His second suggestion was little better than his first. 他的第二條建議比第一條好不了多少。

His legs were in little better shape than they had been the year before. 他的雙腿與前一年相比沒有多少好轉。

2. little more (than)：其意為“只”“只不過”。如：

He was little more than a child when his father died. 他父親去世時，他差不多還是個孩子。

Aid to the Third World is at present little more than a drop in the ocean. 目前對第三世界的援助不過是杯水車薪。

He left school with little more than a basic education. 他只接受了點基礎教育就退學了。