英語中“許多”的表達式

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英語中“許多”的表達式

山東省臨清市陳永濤供稿

英語中“許多”的表達法有許多，如many，a great/good many，quite a few，a（large）number of，large numbers of，most，many a，more than one，much，quite a little，a great deal of，a large amount of，a large quantity of和large quantities of。其中有的只能修飾可數名詞，有的只能修飾不可數名詞，有的既可修飾可數名詞，又可修飾不可數名詞。

一、只能修飾可數名詞復數形式的有：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數形式。如：

A large number of houses were destroyed in the earthquake.

許多房屋在地震中被摧毀了。

注意：many/most與many of/most of的區別。

many/most后直接接名詞的復數形式；而many of/most of后要接“定冠詞the+名詞的復數形式”。如：

There are 35 boys in our class.Most boys are from the countryside.

我們班共有35個男孩子，許多都來自農村。

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，他們大多數來自農村。

注意：a number of與the number of的區別。

a number of后接名詞的復數形式，做主語時，動詞用復數形式，意思為“許多……”；而the number of后接名詞的復數形式，做主語時，動詞用單數形式，意思為“……的數量”，如：

A number of passengers are from the USA.

許多旅客都來自美國。

The number of the passengers is 20.

旅客的數量是20。

二、只能修飾可數名詞單數形式的有：many a,more than one,其后的謂語動詞用單數形式。如：

More than one student in our class likes collecting stamps.

我們班不止一個學生喜歡集郵。

試比較：許多學生喜歡觀看籃球比賽。

Many a student likes watching basketball games.

Many students like watching basketball games.

以上兩句話的中文意思一樣，但名詞student與動詞like的形式不一樣。

三、只能修飾不可數名詞的有：much,quite a little,a great deal of,a large amount of等，其后的謂語動詞用單數形式。如：

Every day my daughter has quite a little homework to do.

我女兒每天都有許多家庭作業要做。

注意：a great deal of與a great deal的區別。

a great deal of后接不可數名詞，意思是“許多”；而a great deal是副詞短語，修飾動詞，其意思是“十分，非常”。如：

A great deal of work was done by the children in the park.

公園里很多的工作都被孩子們做完了。

四、既可以修飾可數名詞，又可以修飾不可數名詞的有：plenty of,a lot of,lots of,a mass of,masses of等，謂語動詞的單復數形式根據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大風刮倒了。

Plenty of food was left for the next two weeks.

這些食物足夠未來兩周之用了。

五、a large quantity of和large quantities of后既可接可數名詞復數形式，也可接不可數名詞，謂語動詞的單復數形式要根據quantity的單復數形式來決定。如：

A large quantity of flowers has been planted in our school.

我們學校種了許多花。（quantity是單數，故動詞用單數has）

Large quantities of food were sent to the flooded areas.

大量的食物被送往了洪澇災區。（quantity是復數，故動詞用復數were）

【鞏固練習】

（）1._______student failed in the test. A.ManyB.Many a C.Quite a littleD.A large quantity of

（）2._______money has been spent on the environmental protection. A.A great dealB.A great deal ofC.A lotD.Quite a few

（）3.A large quantity of patients_______sent to the hospital at once. A.have beenB.hasC.wereD.was

（）4._______the people are against going to Sydney，so they have to give it up. A.Most ofB.A large number ofC.The number ofD.Many

（）5.After the new technique was introduced，the factory produced_______tractors in 2014 as the year before. A.as twice manyB.as many twice C.twice as manyD.twice many as

（）6._______people can write with the left hand. A.Not many aB.Many not C.Not manyD.Not more than one

（）7.It is impossible for so_______workers to do so_______work in a single day. A.few；muchB.few；manyC.little；muchD.little；many

（）8.The number of people invited_______fifty，but a number of them_______absent for different reasons. A.were；wasB.was；wasC.were；wereD.was；were

（）9.As a result of destroying the forests，a large_______of desert_______covered the land. A.quantity；haveB.quantity；has C.number；haveD.number；has

（）10.There is_______coal in this area. A.a great dealB.a lots of C.quite a fewD.a large amount of

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