“许多”的英语表达方法_归纳总结

“许多”表达何其多

在英文中，将这些表示“许多，很多”的词组按其用法归类：

一、只能修饰名词复数形式many、a great/good many 、a great/large number of 、scores of、dozens of和quite a few ,这类“许多”修饰作主语的名词时，谓语动词用复数

eg I’m quite busy; I have many things to do.

There are a great/good many English books in our school library.

A great number of my friends have been to the Great Wall.

Scores/Dozens of people were killed in the accident. (许多人在这次事故中丧生）

I have made quit a few good friends, too.

温馨提示：

1）many 作代词，表示“许多人，许多”的意思eg Many of them have watched the TV play.

2) a great/good many 做代词，表示“许多人（东西）” eg A great many of us like American English better than British English.(我们中的许多人喜欢美语胜过英国英语）

3）the number of + n （可数名词复数）表示“....的数目”,用它做主语时，谓语用单数。

eg The number of the students in our class is 55.

二、只能修饰不可数名词的“许多” much、a great / good deal of 和a large amount of ，这类“许多”修饰主语名词时候，谓语用单数。

eg I don’t know they gave us much help.

There is a great/good deal of snow on the ground. (地上有许多雪）

I spend a large amount of money on books every month.（我每月要花很多钱买书）

温馨提示：

1）much 单用，做名词表示“许多，大量” eg Much has been said about it .(关于这种事已经说的很多了）

2）a great deal 做名词词组和副词词组，也表示“大量，许多”/ 还可以修饰比较级，表示程度。

eg At the end of the year there was a great deal to do .(年底有很多事情做）

eg They talked a great deal about the problem.(他们对这个问题谈论了许多）

eg He is a great deal better today. （他今天好多了）（修饰比较级，表示程度）

三、既可以修饰可数名词复数，又可以修饰不可数名词 a lot of 、lots of 、plenty of 、supplies of , a great quantity of 、great/large quantities of

eg He has got a lot/lots of questions to ask.

A lot of / lots of work is to be done this week.

There are plenty of books on the shelf.

I have plenty of time to do it

Supplies of trees were washed away.

We have had a large quantity of /large quantities of rain this summer.

Large quantities of fish have been caught recently. (最近捕了大量的鱼）

温馨提示：

1）a lot 名词词组表示“大量，很多”/做副词词组表示“很多，非常，相当”/做程度状语修饰比较级。

eg I have a lot to do today. (很多事名词）

eg He helped me a lot.（副词很多）

eg I like this picture quite a lot. (副词非常）

eg I’m feeling a lot better now. (程度状语修饰比较级）我现在感觉好多了

2）large quantities of + 不可数名词/可数名词复数，谓语用复数

eg Large quantities of water are needed every day. (修饰不可数n）

There are quantities of flowers in garden.（修饰可数n 复数）

四、many a /an + 单数可数名词也表示许多，这个短语作主语时谓语用单数eg Many a girl in our class has learned to swim.

Many a book was translated into English. (许多书被翻译为英语）