表示數量多的英語短語
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表示“許多、大量”的詞組用法
★只修飾可數名詞的有:
many;
many a +單數名詞
more than one +單數名詞
a great/good many;
a good/great/large number of;
quite a few;
a variety of/varieties of;
dozens of;
scores of
★只修飾不可數名詞的有
much;
a great deal of;
a large amount of (謂語動詞用單數)
large amounts of (謂語動詞用複數)
quite a little
a large sum of
★既可修飾可數名詞又可以修飾不可數名詞的有 a lot of = lots of
plenty of;
a large quantity of (謂語動詞用單數)
large quantities of (謂語動詞用複數)
a mass of=masses of
數量短語用法
一、只能修飾可數名詞的詞語有:
many, many a(n), a good / great many, a (great / large) number of, scores of, dozens of等。例如:
Scores of people went there in the first few days after its opening.
開張後的頭幾天,很多人去了那兒。
I have been there dozens of times.
我已去過那兒很多次了。
There’re a number of students reading English in the classroom.
教室裏有許多學生在讀英語。
Many a student has(=many students have)visited the Great Wall.(謂語動詞用單數)
很多學生都遊覽過長城。
In winter, a good many animals sleep under the snow.
冬天很多動物在雪下冬眠。
注意: many所修飾的複數名詞前若有限定詞,many 後面要接of, 表示“……中的很多”。 例如:
A great many(of the) graduates have found jobs.
畢業生中很多人已經找到了工作。
二、只能修飾不可數名詞的詞語有:
much, a great deal of, a great / large amount of等。例如:
Is there much water in the bucket?
桶裏有很多水嗎?
He always has a great amount of work to do.
他總是有很多工作要做。
三、既能修飾可數名詞又能修飾不可數名詞的詞語有:
a lot of, lots of, plenty of (以上三個詞語後謂語動詞的數依of 後的名詞的單複數而定),a great / large quantity of (其後謂語用單數),quantities of (其後謂語用複數)。例如:
There is still lots of snow in the garden.
花園裏還有許多雪。
There is plenty of rain here.
這兒的雨水很多。
A great quantity of flowers was placed in the hall.
大廳裏放了很多鮮花。
There are large quantities of food in the cupboard.
櫥櫃裏有許多食物。
在所有這些表示“很多”的詞語中many, much 是最常用的詞,它們既可以用於肯定句,也可以用於疑問句和否定句。例如:
Are there many people in the street?
街上有很多人嗎?
There isn’t much time left.
剩下的時間不多了。
其它的詞語都用於肯定句,日常會話中常用lots of, a lot of 或plenty of; 正式文體中常用 a great many, a (large) number of, a great deal of, scores of 或 dozens of
等。但若肯定句中有too, so, as, very或how 等詞修飾時,則必須使用 many, much。例如:
The number of the people who lost their homes reached as many as 250,000. 無家可歸的人數多達250,000人。
There is too much work to do.
要做的工作太多了。
