“许多”的英语表达方法-归纳总结

“许多”表达何其多在英文中，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、agreat/goodmany、agreat/largenumberof、scoresof、dozensof和quiteafew,这类“许多”修饰作主语的名词时，谓语动词用复数egI‘mquitebusy;IhavemanythingstodoThereareagreat/goodmanyEnglishbooksinourschoollibrary.AgreatnumberofmyfriendshavebeentotheGreatWall.Scores/Dozensofpeoplewerekilledintheaccident.(许多人在这次事故中丧生）Ihavemadequitafewgoodfriends,too.温馨提示：1）many作代词，表示“许多人，许多”的意思egManyofthemhavewatchedtheTVplay.2)agreat/goodmany做代词，表示“许多人（东西）”egAgreatmanyofuslikeAmericanEnglishbetterthanBritishEnglish.(我们中的许多人喜欢美语胜过英国英语）3）thenumberof+n（可数名词复数）表示....的数目”,用它做主语时，谓语用单数egThenumberofthestudentsinourclassis55.二、只能修饰不可数名词的“许多”much、agreat/gooddealof和alargeamountof，这类“许多”修饰主语名词时候，谓语用单数egIdon'tknowtheygaveusmuchhelp.Thereisagreat/gooddealofsnowontheground.(地上有许多雪）Ispendalargeamountofmoneyonbookseverymonth.（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”egMuchhasbeensaidaboutit.(关于这种事已经说的很多了）2）agreatdeal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。egAttheendoftheyeartherewasagreatdealtodo.(年底有很多事情做）egTheytalkedagreatdealabouttheproblem.(他们对这个问题谈论了许多）egHeisagreatdealbettertoday（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alotof、lotsof、plentyof、suppliesof，agreat/quantityof、great/largequantitiesofeghehasgotalot/lotsofquestionstoask.Alotof/lotsofworkistobedonethisweek.Thereareplentyofbooksontheshelf.IhaveplentyoftimetodoitSuppiesoftreeswerewashedaway.Wehavehadalargequantityof/largequantitiesofrainthissummer.Larequantitiesoffishhavebeencaughtrecently.(最近捕了大量的鱼）温馨提示：1）alot名词词组表示“大量，很多”/做副词词组表示“很多，非常，相当”/做程度状语修饰比较急egIhavealottodotoday.(很多事名词）eghehelpedmealot（副词很多）egIlikethispicturequitealot(副词非常）egI’mfeelingalotbetternow(程度状语修饰比较级）我现在感觉好多了2）largequantitiesof+不可数名词/可数名词复数，谓语用复数egLargequantitiesofwaterareneededeveryday.(修饰不可数n）Therearequantitiesofflowersingarden.（修饰可数n复数）四、manya/an+单数可数名词也表示许多，这个短语作主语时谓语用单数egManyagirlinourclasshaslearnedtoswimManyabookwastranslatedintoEnglish.(许多书被翻译为英语）英语中表示“许多、大量”的词语用法一.修饰可数名词：1)many，agreat／goodmany，agreat／large／smallnumberof，scoresof，dozensof。eg:Therearemanypeopleinthepark.@Ihaveagreatmanythingstodo.@Sheboughtdozensofeggsyesterdaymorning．2)Manya／an,也表“很/许多的+可名单，谓动用单数。ManyayoungmanwantstospeakEnglish．3)thenumberof…，表示“…的数目”’，谓动用单数。Thenumberofbooksmissingfromtheschoollibraryislarge．记忆技巧：修饰可数名词你会发现构成短语的主要名词many，number，score，dozen本身都是可数的！！二、修饰不可数名词：1)much，agreat／gooddealof，alarge／smallamountof。@Thereisagreatdealofsnowontheground．@Amilliondollarsisalargeamountofmoneytome．2)@agreat／gooddeal可用作adv.，作状语，饰adj.，特别是adj.比较级，意思是“非常,…得多”；HeranagooddealfasterthanI.他跑得比我快得多。@也可修饰动词，意思是“很多”。“Doyouwalkmuch?”“Yes，(Iwalk)agooddeal.3)@theamountof．．．作主语，谓动用单。Theamountofmoneyspentonthebridgewaslarge．@1argeamountsof．．．作主语，谓动复。Largeamountsofmoneywerespentonthebridge．记忆技巧：much，本身不可数；deal，amount都是量”，没法量。所以加不可数三、修饰可/不可数名词均可：1)alotof，lotsof，plentyof，agreat／1arge／smallquantityof，@Alotof／Lotsofpeople可数wentswimmingyesterday．@Alotof／Lotsofwork不可数istobedonethisweek．@Wehaveplentyofcakes可数．Takesomemore．@Don'thurry．Thereisplentyoftime不可数．2)alot.@用作n，表示“很多，多数”。Heknewalotaboutit.@用作adv，修饰adj.和v，表示“非常，相当”。Heisfeelingalotbettertoday．/Shelaughedalot．她笑得很厉害。3)注意aquantityof的谓动。+不n,谓动单；+可n复，谓动复。Asmallquantityofwaterisneeded．Therearealargequantityofflowersinthegarden．4)great／largequantitiesof+。+不n/+可n复，谓动都复。Largequantitiesoffoodwereonthetable．记忆技巧：lot，plenty，quantity他们本身自己都是集合名词，包容性好，所以二者皆可。总结：要记短语先分清短语中的关键词，就不会混了。