a lot 的用法.doc

a lot是口语中的一个常用词组，多用于肯定句，有时也用于疑问句。其主要用法有如下几点：一、作名词短语，表示“很多；多量”，在句中作主语、宾语或表语，其后常有动词不定式短语作后置定语，如：Sometimes we have very little snow, but sometimes theres a lot.有时我们这儿雪很少，有时却又很多。（作主语） There is a lot to see at the party. 聚会上有许多可观赏的东西。（作主语）Hes given her a lot to eat. 他给了她许多好吃的东西。（作宾语）You know a lot/much about English names. 你知道许多有关英语姓名的情况。（作宾语）We see a lot of him these days. 这几天我们经常见到他。（作宾语）This is a lot. 这真多。（作表语）二、作副词短语，在句中作程度状语，表示“很；非常；常常”，修饰动词、感叹词、介词短语、形容词或副词的比较级，如：It usually rains a lot/much at this time of year. 每年这个时候都经常下雨。（修饰动词rain）Do you wear your new watch a lot? 你常戴你的新手表吗？（修饰动词wear）Thanks a lot/very much -thats very kind. 多谢，十分感激。（修饰感叹词thanks，thanks=thank you）He is feeling a lot/much better. 他感觉好多了。（修饰比较级better）Your room is a lot bigger than mine. 你的房间比我的大得多。（修饰比较级bigger）三、a lot前可被such，what，quite，rather修饰，如：I like him quite a lot. 我非常喜欢他。-How much money is left? -还剩下多少钱？-Rather a lot. -还有相当多。四、a lot of = lots of,可修饰可数或不可数名词，意为“许多”， “大量的”，相当于many或much。a lot, a lot of, lots of通常用于肯定句，否定句中一般用many或much，如： Theres a lot of work to do and a lot of people have been sent there. 有许多事情要做，许多人已派去那里了。 五、用于固定搭配构成习语。have a lot to answer for为糟糕的情况负责Jerrys got a lot to answer for. If it werent for him, Ann would never have left Denver.杰里要为这一后果负责。如果不是为了他，安永远也不会离开丹佛（美国科罗拉多州）。have a lot on your plate有很多困难的工作要处理 Leave Mum alone-shes got a lot on her plate at the moment.不要管妈妈她眼下有太多的事要处理。I cant take a holiday at the moment; Ive got a lot/far too much on my plate.我现在不能休假，我有太多的事要处理。have a lot on/have a lot going on 近期很忙Do you have a lot on for tonight? 你今晚很忙吗？They will have a lot on tomorrow. 他们明天将很忙。have a lot on ones mind把很多事情挂在心上He is a businessman. He always has a lot on his mind.他是一个商人。他总是记挂着很多事情。see + n. (a lot/little/less/more/much/nothing/something) + of + sb./sth. 见到某人/物He has seen something of life. 他略