Unit 7 英语“许多的”辨析

在英文中，将这些表示“许多，很多”的词组按其用法归类：

一、修饰复数可数名词，谓语用复数形式

many、 a great/good many 、a great/large number of 、scores of、dozens of和quite a few 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“许多人（东西）”

eg. A great many of us like American English better than British English.

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

a number of =(some),修饰复数名词，作定语，谓语用复数. (复数形式： numbers of 意为：许多) eg. The number of the students in our class is 55. e.g．A number of people are standing outside the office. 二、修饰单数可数名词，谓语用单数形式 many a /an eg. Many a girl in our class has learned to swim.

Many a book was translated into English. (许多书被翻译为英语）

三、修饰不可数名词，谓语用单数 much、 a great / good deal of 和a large amount of 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）

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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） 四、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 谓语v.的数要依of后的名词的单复数而定），a great/quantity of（谓语v.用单数） 、great/large quantities of （谓语v.用复数，这一用法已陈旧） 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 Supplies of trees were washed away.

We have had a large quantity of /large quantities of rain this summer. Large quantities of fish have been caught recently.(最近捕了大量的鱼） 温馨提示：

1）a lot 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

eg. I have a lot to do today. (很多事 名词） eg. he helped me a lot （副词 很多） eg. I like this picture quite a lot (副词 非常）

eg. I’m feeling a lot better now (程度状语修饰比较级）我现在感觉好多了 2）large quantities of + 不可数名词/可数名词复数，谓语用复数 eg. Large quantities of water are needed every day. (修饰不可数n） There are quantities of flowers in garden.（修饰可数n 复数）

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