large quantities of 谓语单数还是复数

复数。(large) quantities of…这样的形式，则当它用作主语时，其谓语动词一律用复数(与其中名词的数无关)。如：Huge quantities of oil were spilling into the a.大量的石油渗到海里。

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。

The Customs have ized large quantities of smuggled heroin.

海关查获了大量走私的***。

The state allotted them large quantities of chemical fertilizer.

国家给他们调拨了大量化肥。

Wastewater treatment plants concentrate large quantities of phosphorus and ammonia in their sludge-handling streams.

一般在污水处理厂的污泥中会富集大量的磷和氨。

When condors eat dead bodies of other animals containing lead, they absorb large quantities of lead．

当***吃掉其他含铅动物的尸体时,它们会吸收大量的铅。

1. 若用于a great (large, small) quantity of…结构，其后主要接不可数名词，但有时也接复数名词；这类结构用作主语时，其谓语的数原则上与其中的名词的数保持一致。如：

A large quantity of food was on the table.大量的食物摆在桌上。

2. 若该结构变成(large) quantities of…这样的形式，则当它用作主语时，其谓语动词一律用复数(与其中名词的数无关)。如：

Large quantities of rice have been destroyed in the flood.大量的庄稼在洪水中被毁坏了。