a large number of 和a large amount of的区别

Question

如题所述

Answer 1

前者必须接可数名词,后者可以接可数名词,也可以接不可数名词.后者的说法更普遍一点.
只能修饰可数名词的：a large/ great/ good number of,a good/ great many,dozens of,scores of,quite a few
只能修饰不可数名词的：a great deal of,a large amount of,quite a little,a large sum of
既可修饰可数也可修饰不可数名词的：plenty of,a lot of,lots of,a large quantity of,a good supply of

Answer 2

网友采纳的回答有误，对 amount 的解释不可采信。

number 指由两个以上数集合构成的数目，含 “可以分解的众多数量” 的复数概念，而amount 指两个或两个以上数量的总和，含 “不再分解的总数” 的单数概念。因此，a large number of 后面需要用可数复数名词，a large amount of 后面需要跟不可数名词。

【例如】

a large number of

　　His comments were deeply offensive to a large number of “single mothers”.  他的评论严重触怒了众多的单身母亲。

　　The factory is shedding a large number of “jobs”.  这家工厂正大批裁员。

　　They choose us from a large number of “students”.  他们从大量学生中挑选了我们。

a large number of

　　The gang finally fled with a large amount of “cash and jewellery”.  该团伙最后携大量现金和珠宝逃之夭夭。

　　The system wastes a large amount of “water”.  这套系统浪费了大量的水。

　　By any yardstick, that's a large amount of “money”.  用任何标准衡量, 那都是巨大的金额.

Answer 3

前者必须接可数名词,后者可以接可数名词,也可以接不可数名词.后者的说法更普遍一点.

Answer 4