#相似詞語辨析2
a great deal, a great many
這一對短語都表示“許多”、“大量”之意,涵義並無區別,主要是用法不同。
A great deal 常與不可數名詞連用;a great many則與可數名詞的複數形式連用,它們的區別與 much 和 many 的區別相同。
A great deal 的後面接名詞時要加 of; a great many則不用of。a great deal(或many)和 a good deal(或many)通用, 但前者的語氣比後者重。在口語裏,常用a deal 代替 a great (of good) deal。
As the new year is approaching, we have a great deal of preparation work to do.
隨着新年即將來到,我們有大量的預備工作要做。
The High Island Reservoir can store a great deal of water.
萬宜水庫能蓄藏大量的水。
There are a great many trees and flowers in the botanical garden.
植物公園裏有許多樹木和花草。
He has contributed a great many articles on education to the South China Morning Post.
他為《南華早報》撰寫了許多有關教育方面的文章。
順便講一句,a lot of 也表示“許多”、“大量”的意思,但它比較口語化,其後既可接可數名詞,又可接不可數名詞。例如: a lot of books (letters, flies): a lot of time (money, work) 。
另一點值得注意的是, plenty 與 a lot, a great deal, a large amount 的涵義有所不同。plenty 突出表示“足夠”之意,但它所指的東西並不一定很多。例如,某人準備坐火車去深圳,他看了看錶,說道:“We've plenty of time”。他的意思是“現在到九龍火車站還有足夠的時間,不必着急”,這裏所指的“足夠”時間可能是一刻鐘,而不是一兩個小時。又如,有個遠方客人來探望你,你想留他吃頓便飯,但不知道是否有菜,你把食櫥打開一看,說道:“Oh, we've plenty of food”。這裏的plenty也是表示“足夠”之意,菜不一定很多,可能只有一兩碟菜,但已足夠招待客人吃頓便飯了。
最後尚需補充一句,a great deal還可用作狀語。例:Our patient is a great deal better today.
我們的病人今天好多了。
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a large amount of用法 在 [SC. ] amount 用法釋疑- 看板GMAT - 批踢踢實業坊 的必吃
amount 同時具有可數名詞、與不可數名詞的性質。
它自己可以用單數，也可以用複數。
後面接的名詞，可以是可數名詞、不可數名詞、集合名詞。
請參考下面兩本字典的用法說明與例句：
(1) Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
amount noun [uncountable and countable]
1. a quantity of something such as time, money, or a substance
amount of
They spend equal amounts of time in California and New York.
a considerable/large/enormous etc amount
a considerable amount of money
a small/tiny etc amount
a tiny amount of dirt
Please pay the full amount (=of money) by the end of the month.
2. used to talk about how much there is of a feeling or quality
a large/considerable etc amount of something
Her case has attracted an enormous amount of public sympathy.
a certain/fair amount of something
Dina encountered a fair amount of envy among her colleagues.
3. no amount of something can/will etc do something used to
say that something has no effect:
No amount of persuasion could make her change her mind.
4. any amount of something used to say that there is plenty of
something, and no more is needed:
The school has any amount of resources and equipment.
(2) 遠東新世紀英漢字典
1. [ the amount] 總計 ，總額 〔 of 〕 ( ⇨ sum 【同義字 】 )
He paid the full amount of the expenses. 他支付了費用的全額
2. [C]. 數量 ，額《 ★ cf. number》
a large amount of money 龐大的金額，鉅款
a small amount of butter 少量的牛油
the amount of people present 在場的人數
the amount of weapons 武器的數量
Any amount of money will do. 金額大小不拘
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