表示数量多的英语短语

表示数量多的英语短语

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　　表示“许多、大量”的词组用法

　　★只修饰可数名词的有:

　　many;

　　many a +单数名词

　　more than one +单数名词

　　a great/good many;

　　a good/great/large number of;

　　quite a few;

　　a variety of/varieties of;

　　dozens of;

　　scores of

　　★只修饰不可数名词的有

　　much;

　　a great deal of;

　　a large amount of (谓语动词用单数)

　　large amounts of (谓语动词用复数)

　　quite a little

　　a large sum of

　　★既可修饰可数名词又可以修饰不可数名词的有 a lot of = lots of

　　plenty of;

　　a large quantity of (谓语动词用单数)

　　large quantities of (谓语动词用复数)

　　a mass of=masses of

　　数量短语用法

　　一、只能修饰可数名词的词语有:

　　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.

　　开张后的头几天,很多人去了那儿。

　　I have been there dozens of times.

　　我已去过那儿很多次了。

　　There’re a number of students reading English in the classroom.

　　教室里有许多学生在读英语。

　　Many a student has(=many students have)visited the Great Wall.(谓语动词用单数)

　　很多学生都游览过长城。

　　In winter, a good many animals sleep under the snow.

　　冬天很多动物在雪下冬眠。

　　注意: many所修饰的复数名词前若有限定词,many 后面要接of, 表示“……中的很多”。 例如:

　　A great many(of the) graduates have found jobs.

　　毕业生中很多人已经找到了工作。

　　二、只能修饰不可数名词的词语有:

　　much, a great deal of, a great / large amount of等。例如:

　　Is there much water in the bucket?

　　桶里有很多水吗?

　　He always has a great amount of work to do.

　　他总是有很多工作要做。

　　三、既能修饰可数名词又能修饰不可数名词的词语有:

　　a lot of, lots of, plenty of (以上三个词语后谓语动词的数依of 后的名词的单复数而定),a great / large quantity of (其后谓语用单数),quantities of (其后谓语用复数)。例如:

　　There is still lots of snow in the garden.

　　花园里还有许多雪。

　　There is plenty of rain here.

　　这儿的雨水很多。

　　A great quantity of flowers was placed in the hall.

　　大厅里放了很多鲜花。

　　There are large quantities of food in the cupboard.

　　橱柜里有许多食物。

　　在所有这些表示“很多”的词语中many, much 是最常用的词,它们既可以用于肯定句,也可以用于疑问句和否定句。例如:

　　Are there many people in the street?

　　街上有很多人吗?

　　There isn’t much time left.

　　剩下的时间不多了。

　　其它的词语都用于肯定句,日常会话中常用lots of, a lot of 或plenty of; 正式文体中常用 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 等词修饰时,则必须使用 many, much。例如:

　　The number of the people who lost their homes reached as many as 250,000. 无家可归的人数多达250,000人。

　　There is too much work to do.

　　要做的工作太多了。