“许多”的英语表达方法_归纳总结.doc

“许多”表达何其多在英文中，将这些表示“许多，很多”的词组按其用法归类：一、只能修饰名词复数形式 many、 a great/good many 、a great/large number of 、scores of、dozens of和quite a few ,这类“许多”修饰作主语的名词时，谓语动词用复数eg Im 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.(我们中的许多人喜欢美语胜过英国英语）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eg The number of the students in our class is 55.二、只能修饰不可数名词的“许多” much、 a great / good deal of 和a large amount of ，这类“许多”修饰主语名词时候，谓语用单数eg I dont 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）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）三、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 、supplies of ，a great/quantity of 、great/large quantities ofeg 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 Suppies of trees were washed away. We have had a large quantity of /large quantities of rain this summer. Lare 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）eghe helped me a lot （副词 很多）eg I like this picture quite a lot (副词 非常）eg Im 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）四、many a /an + 单数可数名词 也表示许多，这个短语作主语时谓语用单数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）英语中表示“许多、 大量”的词语用法一.修饰可数名词：1)many，a greatgood many，a greatlargesmall number of，scores of，dozens of。eg:There are many people in the park. I have a great many things to do. She bought dozens of eggs yesterday morning2)Many aan,也表“很/许多的+可名单，谓动用单数。Many a young man wants to speak English3)the number of，表示“的数目”，谓动用单数。The number of books missing from the school library is large记忆技巧：修饰可数名词你会发现构成短语的主要名词many，number，score，dozen本身都是可数的！二、修饰不可数名词：1)much，a greatgood deal of，a largesmall amount of。There is a great deal of snow on the groundA million dollars is a large amount of money to me2)a greatgood deal可用作adv.，作状语，饰adj.，特别是adj.比较级，意思是“非常,得多”；He ran a good deal faster than I.他跑得比我快得多。也可修饰动词，意思是“很多”。“Do you walk much?”“Yes，(I walk) a good deal.3)the amount of作主语，谓动用单。The amount of money spent on the bridge was large1arge amounts of作主语，谓动复。Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge记忆技巧：much，本身不可数；deal，amount都是量”，没法量。所以加不可数三、修饰可/不可数名词均可：1)a lot of，lots of，plenty of，a great1argesmall quantity of，A lot ofLots of people可数went swimming yesterdayA lot ofLots of work不可数is to be done this weekWe have plenty of cakes可数Take some moreDont hurryThere is plenty of time不可数2)a lot.用作n，表示“很多，多数”。He knew a lot about it.用作adv，修饰adj.和v，表示“非常，相当”。He is feeling a lot better today/She laughed a lot她笑得很厉害。3)注意a quantity of的谓动。+不n,谓动单；+可n复，谓动复。A small quantity of water is neededThere are a large