表示“许多,大量”的英语词组用法
★ 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:
ittle; 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 ma of=maes of; supplies of;
a large quantity of(谓语动词用单数); large quantities of(谓语动词用复数) .温馨提示:
1)much, a lot / lots / a great deal / plenty 还可以用作副词作程度状语,修饰行为动词或比较级形容词、副词。
This article is much / a lot / a great deal / lots / plenty better than that one.这篇文章比那篇文章好得多。
To tell you the truth, I can see him much / a lot / a great deal / lots / plenty.说实话,我见到他的次数比较多。
2) 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 cla is 55.
3)典型例句:
A large quantity of cotton was sent here.
Large quantities of cotton were sent here.
A large amount of money was spent on the bridge.
Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge.