表示數量多的英語短語

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  表示“許多、大量”的片語用法

  ★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 an, 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.

  教室裡有許多學生在讀英語。

  Many a student has=many students havevisited 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 manyof 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?

  桶裡有很多水嗎?

  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.

  花園裡還有許多雪。

  There is plenty of rain here.

  這兒的雨水很多。

  A great quantity of flowers was placed in the hall.

  大廳裡放了很多鮮花。

  There are large quantities of food in the cupboard.

  櫥櫃裡有許多食物。

  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。