名校版高考英语经典句型考点解析 many a

名校版高考英语经典句型考点解析many a
Many a mother tries to act out her unrealized dreams through her daughter
有许多母亲都试图在女儿身上实现自己未竟的梦想。

many a等表示数量许多修饰名词的词组归纳
这个考点大考小考那是必考的内容，许多同学往往很困惑，现在总结如下：
常见修饰名词表示数量的短语分
1.只能修饰可数名词的：
a large/great/good number of,
a good/great many,
dozens of,
scores of,
quite a few
many a
many
2.只能修饰不可数名词的
a great deal of,
a large/great amount of,
quite a little,
a large sum of
a bit of
much
little
a little
3.既可修饰可数也可修饰不可数名词的
plenty of,
a lot of,
lots of,
a large/great quantity of,(其后谓语动词用单数)
large（huge）quantities of（其后谓语动词用复数）
a good supply of
注意：
1.a good [great] many 后直接跟名词，不用介词of。

但是，若其后所接名词有the, these, my 等限定词修饰，则要用介词of表示“…中的很多”：例如:
a great many of my friends 我的朋友当中的许多人。

A great many(of the) graduates have found jobs. 毕业生中很多人已经找到了工作。

He always has a great amount of work to do. 他总是有很多工作要做。

The deceased left a large sum of money to his grandson.
死者给他的孙子留下一大笔钱。

《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》
They were fighting over a trivial sum of money.
他们在为一笔数额极小的钱而打架。

He was left a large sum of money.
有人留了一大笔钱给他。

He is saving a sum of money to buy a home for his family.
他正积蓄一笔钱以便买一幢住宅供全家居住。

You owe a certain person a sum of money
你欠某人一笔钱。

Many a good man has been destroyed by drink.
许多好人都毁在了饮酒上。

Many a mother tries to act out her unrealized dreams through her daughter
有许多母亲都试图在女儿身上实现自己未竟的梦想。

Many a student fails to pass on the examination.
许多学生考试不及格。

Many a customer has been lost through negligence of service.
由于服务不周失去了许多老主顾。

2.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)all, some, enough。

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 large quantity of drugs was seized during the raid.
在这次突击行动中起获了大量毒品。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
A large quantity of water is stored in the reservoir.
水库存了大量的水。

《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》
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。

Large quantities of drugs were found during a police swoop on the star's New York home.
警方对这位明星在纽约的住所进行突击搜查，发现了大量毒品。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
a N1+of+a N2句型解析
在a N1+of+a N2结构中，N2是中心词，是主要含义，N1是（比喻性的）修饰语，是给后面的名词打比喻的。

如：
He was a weak little mouse of a man.
他是个懦弱无能的人。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
She's just a little bitty wisp of a girl.
她是一个很纤弱的小女孩。

《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
They live in a great barn of a house.
他们住在一所简陋的大房子里。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
barn [bɑːrn] n.谷仓;畜棚;简陋的大建筑物;(公共汽车、卡车等的)车库
wisp[wɪsp] n.(头发、草等的)小缕，小绺，小把，小束;(烟、云等的)一缕
vi.把…卷成小把一缕缕地飘动
bitty [ˈbɪti] adj.零散的;支离破碎的
In the lighted doorway stood the mountainous figure of a woman
一个身材高大的女人站在灯光明亮的门口。

《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
A slender form of a woman appeared at the top of the stairs.
一个身材苗条的女人出现在楼梯顶上。

《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》
form [fɔːrm]
n.类型;种类;形式;外表;样子;表格;形状;结构，形式;体能;表现状态;惯常做法;礼貌;词形;年级;…年级学生
v.(使)出现，产生;(使)形成;(使)成形，组成;制作;（使）排列成，排成;有…功能;是;组织;对…的发展有影响
What would happen if she divorced her sweet, selfless
stay-at-home dad of a husband?
如果跟在家带孩子的无私甜心丈夫离婚会有什么后果？
an angel of a wife=an angelic wife 仙女般的妻子
the fool of a policeman= the foolish policeman 这个蠢蛋警察a boy of a girl一个男孩般的女孩
a palaceof a house宫殿般的房子
a heel of a house地狱般的房子
a great elaphant of a woman一个庞大如大象一样的女人
her old sharper of a father她的老骗子父亲
your brute of a husband你的粗暴的丈夫
the devil of a temper恶魔般的脾气
the fool of an assistant笨蛋助手
that dog of a landlord狗地主
that great pig of a Louis XVIII大肥猪路易十八
这种结构的特点是：第一个名词之前可以用任何需要的限定词（a,the,this,her,your等，还可以加形容词等修饰）；第二个名词之前必须使用不定冠词。