Amount, Deal, Quantity, Number等词的用法辨析

Amount, Deal, Quantity, Number等词的用法辨析

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一、amount的用法详解

1. amount用作名词

其意为“数量”、“金额”等，通常用于 a (great, large) amount of 这类结构，其后通常接不可数名词。如：

He made a large amount of money. 他赚了大量的钱。

They have to process a large amount of data. 他们得处理大量数据。

I had not expected such an amount of praise. 我没料到受到这么多赞扬。

A large amount of damage was done in a short time. 短期内造成大量损害。

I had not expected such an amount of praise. 我没料想受到这样多的赞扬。

He must memorize large amounts of material. 他必须背熟大量材料。

注意：这类结构用作主语，其谓语的数取决于amount 的数。如：

在这座桥上花了大量资金。

正: A large amount of money was spent on the bridge.

正: Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge.

比较：在a great number of 之后通常接可数名词(用复数)。如：

2. amount用作动词

用作动词时意为“合计”、“等于”、“意味着”，通常是不及物动词，其后常接介词to。如：Building cost amounts to six million dollars. 建筑费用达600 万元。

Her reply amounts to a refusal. 她的回答等于拒绝。

注意：由于其后接的to为介词，所以后接动词时，该动词要用动名词。如：

这等于是欺骗老师。(from )

误：This amounts to cheat the teacher.

正：This amounts to cheating the teacher.

析：amount 用作动词，表示“等于”，是不及物动词，其后接的to 为介词。

二、a great/good many 非常多，许多(形容词)

The young couple has travelled a great many cities since they got married.

A great many college students were sent to the West to help the children there.

Helen has a great many friends indeed, but she does not think she has any she can confide in.

The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.

He has extracted a great many examples from the grammar book.

比较：

1. many a... 许多(后接单数动词)

Many a teacher has come to the exhibition.

Many a woman has great influence on her husband.

He beguiled us with many a tale of adventure.

2. a lot, lots of, a number of 与a great many / a good many 意义相同。

三、a great deal 大量地，非常多的

1、作副词

The old woman's life is a great deal better now.

2、作代词

1. We have learnt a great deal from our professor.

2. I have accomplished a great deal in the last few months.

3. We waited for their decision with a great deal of apprehension.

2、作名词(不可数)

1. People spend a great deal of money on National Day.

2. He drinks a great deal of water every day.

3. He offered me a great deal of money.

4. Keeping the house really meant a good deal to me.

3、比较：a lot of, lots of 也表示“非常多”，但它既可接可数名词，也可接不可数名词。There is a lot of rain here in summer.

There are lots of tourists in Beijing every year.

A glossy magazine has lots of pictures of fashionable clothes and is printed on good quality paper. He is a bold thinker, with lots of original ideas.

4、比较：a big deal 重要人物

[a subject, situation, or event which people think is important. ]

1)I don't know why this issue has become such a big deal.

2)Losing the match was no big deal.

3)All I said was, I'm going to have a baby - what's the big deal?

4)Yes, it's his birthday today, but he doesn't want to make a big deal of it. (= make people notice it by having a special celebration)

四、a handful of 一把，少量(作为量词)

1. She scooped up a handful of snow and rolled it into a ball.

2. Only a handful people agree with him, it is a foolis risk.

3. We invited twenty people, but only a handful of them came.

4.I picked up a handful of letters and began to open them.

比较：

同义词组有：a small amount of , a small number of

A cap or tube containing a small amount of explosive used to detonate the main explosive charge of a firearm or mine.

At this school, only ten people passed the music examination this year. That may seem a small number but it's(about) par for the course.

四、a kind of 有点儿，几分，一种

An apple is a kind of fruit.

Money is a kind of allurement for us.

I have a kind of feeling this might happen. (隐约觉得）

I have a kind of suspicion that she told a lie. (有点儿）

比较：

1. all kinds of / all sorts of 各种各样的

Donations came from all kinds of people.

All kinds of remarkable thigns began to happen.