关于英语中few的疑问,Unfortunately,thefewscientificinvestigationsofyawninghavefailedtofindanyconnectionbetweenhowoftensomeoneyawnsandhowmuchsleeptheyhavehadorhowtiredtheyare这里few表达的意思“几乎没有”

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关于英语中few的疑问,
Unfortunately,the few scientific investigations of yawning have failed to find any connection between how often someone yawns and how much sleep they have had or how tired they are这里few表达的意思“几乎没有”是和a few不同的；fail 也是表达的没有,那么就是双重否定表肯定,可是这句话的意思还是否定的,不太明白.是few的含义理解错了么?

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注意：这里是the few“少数,少数人”,不是few