Amount,Deal,Quantity,Number等词的用法辨析
Amount, Deal, Quantity, Number
等词的用法辨析
有关 quantity 的主谓一致
、 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 prai.
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 prai. He
must memorize large amounts of material. 注意：这类结构用作主语，其谓语的数取决于
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 nt 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. 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.
我没料想受到这样多的赞扬。 他必须背熟大量材料。 amount 的数。如：
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 hou 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.如何提高销售技巧
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.
昆曲六百年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.羊奶功效
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 ud to detonate the main explosive charge of a firearm or mine.
At this school, only ten people pasd the music examination this year. That may em a small number but it's(about) par for the cour.
四、a kind of 有点儿，几分，一种
An apple is a kind of fruit.
白羊女和双子男Money is a kind of allurement for us.
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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.
2. of a kind 同类的，(质量)低劣的
There is good news of a kind for Mr. Zhang.
She finds solace of a kind in alcohol.
六、小结
1. 只加可数的复数
many
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a great/good many
a (large/good) number of
李商隐公园复数谓语
2.+ 不可数名词
much
a great deal of
an amount of=amounts of
单数谓语
3.+不可数名词/ 可数的复数a lot of /lots of plenty of ( 前不加a) 谓语由所修饰名词定a + 单数可数
名词, 单数谓语large quantity of 加不可数名词/ 可数的复数, 单数谓语
quantities of 加不可数名词/ 可数的复数, 复数谓语六、Large quantities of 的用法主谓一致我们已经详细复习过，它是高考英语考试的重要考点之一，其中不乏难题，尤其是带有限定词的名词短语作主语时，最难选择谓语的单复数形式。例如，“ a quantity of +名词”作主语时，谓语是用单数还是用复数就让广大考生困惑不已，到底是用单数还是用复数
