alargenumberof和alargeamountof的区别

如题所述

要清楚两者的区别,首先要了解两者的特点。
特点:
"a large number of" 和 "a large amount of" 都是属于“名词+介词”形式的短语结构,它们的意思都表示“大量,许多”,同样的短语结构还有 "a lot of"、"a great deal of"、"a great deal of"。

a large number of 和 a large amount of 在意思上相同,但用法不一样。
区别:
①所能修饰的名词有区别:a large number of 只可以修饰可数名词复数形式;a large amount of 修饰不可数名词。
例句:I have a number of letters to write today.
今天我有好多信要写
I spent a large amount of my time on this work.
我在这项工作上花了不少时间。
②谓语动词的形式有区别:a large number of 修饰的词作主语时谓语用复数形式;a large amount of 修饰的词作主语时谓语用单数形式。
例句:A large number of books are missing from the library.
图书馆的许多书不见了。
A large amount of damage was done in a short time.
短期内造成大量损害。
注意:The number of 的意思是“...的数量”,修饰的可数名词作主语时谓语用单数形式;amounts of的意思是“大量的”,修饰的不可数名词作主语时谓语用复数形式,即谓语的数取决于 amount 的数。
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第1个回答  2017-08-26
alargenumberof和alargeamountof的区别
a large number of 和a large amount of 都是“ 许多,大量‘ 的意思,但它们修饰的词不同。
a large number of +可数名词复数;
a large amount of+不可数名词(且是无生命的名词)。

There are a large number of people in the station .

车站里有许多人。
She spent a very large amount of money yesterday.
她昨天花了好大一笔钱.

注:英语里的“许多”还有许多。
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 ,many
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, much
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希望对你有帮助
第2个回答  2020-04-04
第3个回答  2017-08-26
My wish came true this year,
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