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“
许多
”
表达何其多<
/p>
在英文中，将这些表示
“
许多，很多
”
的词组按其用法归类：
一、
只能修饰名词复数形式
many
、
a great/good many
、
a great/large number of
、
scores
of
、
dozens
of
和
quite a few ,
这
类
“
许多
”
修
饰作主语的名词时，谓语动词用
复数
eg I‘m quite busy; I have many things
to do
There
are a great/good many English books in our school
library.
A great number
of my friends have been to the Great Wall.
Scores/Dozens of people
were killed in the
accident.(
许多人在这次事故中丧生）
I have made quit a few
good friends,too.
温馨提示：
1
）
many
作代词，表示
“
许多人，许多
”
的意思
eg Many of them
have watched the
TV play.
2) a great/good many
做代词，表示<
/p>
“
许多人（东西）
” eg A
great many of us lik
e
American English better than British En
glish.(
我们中的许多人喜欢美语胜过英国英
语）
3
）
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 class is 55.
二、
< br>只能修饰不可数名词的
“
许多
”
much
、
a great /
good deal of
和
a large amount
of
，这类
“
许多
”
修饰主语名词时候，谓语用单数
eg I don't know they gave us much
help.
There is a
great/good deal of snow on the
ground.(
地上有许多雪）
I spend a large amount of money on
books every
month.
（
我每月要花很多钱买书
温馨提示：
1
）
much
单用，做名词表示
“
许多，大量
”
eg Much has been said about it
.(
关于这
种事已经说的很多了）
2
）
a great deal
做名词词组和副词词组，也表示
“
大量，许
多
”/
还可以修饰比较
级，表示程度。
eg At the end of the year there was a
great deal to do .(
年底有很多事情做）
eg They talked a great deal about the
problem.(
他们对这个问题谈论了许多）
eg He is a great deal better today
（他今天好多了）（修饰比较级，表示程度）
三、
既可以修饰可数名词复数，
又可以修饰不可数名
词
a lot of
、
lots of
、
plenty
of
、
supplies of
，
a
great/quantity of
、
great/large quantities of
eg he has got a lot/lots of questions
to ask.
A lot of / lots
of work is to be done this week.
There are plenty of books on the shelf.
I have plenty of time to
do it
Suppies of trees
were washed away.
We have
had a large quantity of /large quantities of rain
this summer.
Lare
quantities of fish have been caught
recently.(
最近捕了大量的鱼）
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