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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。
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单词quantity的用法
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a quantity of后加可数名词用什么谓语动词?
a quantity of后加不可数名词用什么谓语动词?
quantities of后加可数名词用什么谓语动词?
quantities of后加不可数名词用什么谓语动词?
需要准确的,越准确越好。有字典的最好给个例句,谢谢!
还有,这个选择题:
It's a pity that large quantities of wood ____that way all over the world.
has been wasted 还是have been wasted,还是 has wasted ,have wasted
谢谢!
问题补充:
经过我搜索,发现百度知道有类似问题,举例丰富,包括China Daily的文章。问题题目:“a large quantity of+可数名词复数 后面的谓语动词用单数还是复数”,大家可以看看最佳答案。
结论是:
a quantity of 后接谓语动词与名词一致
quantities of 后接谓语动词都用复数。
这和我们郑州外国语的老师讲的一样。我以前的笔记记录有。
问过好多同学,答案都不同。等这次考试后我再来更新。
这个老师说单数复数跟quantity 一致。。郁闷了。
最佳答案
答:该问题主要涉及的知识点为:quantity 与后面谓语动词单、复数搭配(即主谓一致)。但是关于quantity 与谓语单复数搭配,现在说法不统一。主要有两种观点:
1、与词形保持一致
a quantity of /quantities of 不管后面接复数还是单数(包括不可数)名词,只看quantity 本身。即:a quantity of 中的quantity 是单数,谓语动词就用单数;quantities of 中quantities 是复数,谓语动词则与复数保持一致。例如:
Quantities of nuts were on the table.
A quantity of nuts was on the table.
2、与意义保持一致
这种观点认为,不应该看a quantity of / quantities of 本身,而应该看这个词组后面所接的是什么名词,如果后面的名词是单数(或不可数),则谓语用单数;如果名词是复数,那么谓语用复数。这一点与a lot of 相同,即遵循意义一致原则。例如:
There is only a small quantity of wine left.
Great quantities of sand was washed down the hillside by the rain last night.
A large quantity of air conditions have been sold since the summer came.
Huge quantities of oil were shipped to Japan last year.
结论:目前,比较倾向于与quantity 的词形保持一致,即 a quantity of 是单数,quantities of 是复数,而不管后面接单数或复数的名词。例如,某省一道高考题如下:
With many forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ______ each year.
A. is washing away B. is being washed away
C. are washing away D. are being washed away
它所给的答案是D. 此题中,earth 是不可数名词,但quantities 是复数,所以谓语采用了复数形式D.
还有,这个选择题:
It's a pity that large quantities of wood ____that way all over the world.
has been wasted 还是have been wasted,还是 has wasted ,have wasted
用have been wasted,分析:quantities是复数形式,所以have,wood 是被浪费的,要用被动语态。
谁能帮我解决关于quantity和amount的问题?
Large quantities of money are spent on the subject.
这个句子中要以quantities为中心词,所以用are,如果quantities换成amounts,也把amounts看做中心词吗?
像这些表数量的词的短语有哪些像quantity一样后面谓语动词由它的形式决定单复数,而不是以加的可数或不可数名词来决定?
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2009-02-16 19:39:34 发布
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· ejuj | 2009-02-16 19:43:59
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· a large number of 修饰可数名词复数, singular verb
a large amount of 修饰不可数名词, plural verb
a great deal of 修饰不可数名词, plural verb
a large sum of 修饰不可数名词, plural verb
还有,英语多用 a great deal of ,而不是a large deal of 。
首先要搞清楚,是修饰可数名词或不可数名词,而不是单数或复数名词。可数名词都有复数形式,而不可数名词没有复数形式。
a large deal of、a plenty of和a good supply of 在多数情况下修饰不可数名词,如:a plenty of water, a geat deal of time,不过它们也可以修饰可数名词,如a plenty of men。
a quantity of在多数情况下修饰可数名词,如a quantity of boxes, 不过也可修饰不可数名词,如a quantity of milk。
quantities of与上述的一样
一、只能修饰可数名词的词语有:
many, many a(n), 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.
开张后的头几天,很多人去了那儿。
I have been there dozens of times.
我已去过那儿很多次了。
There’re a number of students reading English in the classroom.
教室里有许多学生在读英语。
Many a student has(=many students have)visited the Great Wall.(谓语动词用单数)
很多学生都游览过长城。
In winter, a good many animals sleep under the snow.
冬天很多动物在雪下冬眠。
注意: many所修饰的复数名词前若有限定词,many 后面要接of, 表示“……中的很多”。 例如:
A great many(of the) graduates have found jobs.
毕业生中很多人已经找到了工作。
二、只能修饰不可数名词的词语有:
much, a great deal of, a great / large amount of等。例如:
Is there much water in the bucket?
桶里有很多水吗?
He always has a great amount of work to do.
他总是有很多工作要做。
三、既能修饰可数名词又能修饰不可数名词的词语有:
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)。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 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。
在所有这些表示“很多”的词语中many, much 是最常用的词,它们既可以用于肯定句,也可以用于疑问句和否定句。例如:
Are there many people in the street?
街上有很多人吗?
There isn’t much time left.
剩下的时间不多了。
其它的词语都用于肯定句,日常会话中常用lots of, a lot of 或plenty of; 正式文体中常用 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 等词修饰时,则必须使用 many, much。例如:
The number of the people who lost their homes reached as many as 250,000.
无家可归的人数多达250,000人。
There is too much work to do.
要做的工作太多了。
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