英語中的“許多”

1、英語中的英語中的“許多許多”-你懂了嗎？英語中“許多”的表達(dá)法有很多,其中有的只能修飾可數(shù)名詞,有的只能修飾不可數(shù)名詞,有的既可修飾可數(shù)名詞,又可修飾不可數(shù)名詞1. 只能修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式的有:many, a great/good many, quite a few, a (large) number of, large numbers of, most等,其后的謂語動詞要用復(fù)數(shù)形式 如:A large number of houses were destroyed in the earthquake.在地震中許多的房屋被摧毀了（1）注意 many/most與many of/most of的

2、區(qū)別many/most后直接接名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式,意義為“許多”;而many of/most of后要接定冠詞the+名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式,意義為“中的許多” 如:There are 35 boys in our class. Most boys are from the countryside.我們班共有35個男孩子,許多的男孩子都來自農(nóng)村There are 35 boys in our class. Most of the boys are from the countryside.我們班共有35個男孩子,這些男孩子中的許多都來自農(nóng)村（2）注意 a number of 與the number of的

3、區(qū)別a number of后接名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式,其后接動詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式,意義為“許多, 一些”;而the number of后接名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式,其后接動詞的單數(shù)形式,意義為“的數(shù)量” 如:A number of the passengers are from the USA.許多旅客都來自美國The number of the passengers is 20.旅客的數(shù)量是202. 只能修飾可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)形式的有:many a, more than one,其后的謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式 如:Many a student likes watching basketball games.許多學(xué)生都喜歡觀看籃

4、球比賽試對比:Many students like watching basketball games.(漢語意思一樣,名詞student與動詞like的形式不一樣)More than one student in our class likes collecting stamps.我們班不止一個(許多)學(xué)生喜歡集郵3. 只能修飾不可數(shù)名詞的有:much, quite a little, a great deal of, a large amount of等,其后的謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式 如:（1）Much time was wasted in watching TV series.許多時間被浪費(fèi)

5、在看電視連續(xù)劇上（2）Every day my daughter has quite a little homework to do.我女兒每天都有許多家庭作業(yè)要做注意 a great deal of和a great deal的區(qū)別a great deal of后接不可數(shù)名詞,其意義為“許多”; 而a great deal是副詞短語,修飾動詞,其意義為“十分,非?！?如:A great deal of work was done by the children in the park.公園里有很多的工作都被孩子們做完了Thanks a great deal.非常感謝4. 既可修飾可數(shù)名詞,又可

6、修飾不可數(shù)名詞的有:plenty of, a lot of, lots of, a mass of, masses of等,謂語動詞的單復(fù)數(shù)形式根據(jù)它們后面所接的名詞的形式而定 如:A lot of big trees were blown down last night.昨天晚上許多大樹被刮倒了Plenty of food was left for the next two weeks.未來兩個星期的食物足夠了5. a large quantity of和large quantities of后既可接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式,也可接不可數(shù)名詞,謂語動詞的單復(fù)數(shù)形式要根據(jù)quantity的單復(fù)數(shù)形式來決定 如:A large quantity of flowers has been planted in our school.我們學(xué)校種了許多花 (quantity是單數(shù),故動詞用單數(shù)has)Large quantities of food were sent to the flooded areas.大量的食物被送往了洪澇災(zāi)區(qū) (quantity是復(fù)數(shù),故動詞用復(fù)數(shù)were