英语中的“许多”

1、英语中的英语中的“许多许多”-你懂了吗？英语中“许多”的表达法有很多,其中有的只能修饰可数名词,有的只能修饰不可数名词,有的既可修饰可数名词,又可修饰不可数名词1. 只能修饰可数名词复数形式的有:many, a great/good many, quite a few, a (large) number of, large numbers of, most等,其后的谓语动词要用复数形式 如:A large number of houses were destroyed in the earthquake.在地震中许多的房屋被摧毁了（1）注意 many/most与many of/most of的

2、区别many/most后直接接名词的复数形式,意义为“许多”;而many of/most of后要接定冠词the+名词的复数形式,意义为“中的许多” 如:There are 35 boys in our class. Most boys are from the countryside.我们班共有35个男孩子,许多的男孩子都来自农村There are 35 boys in our class. Most of the boys are from the countryside.我们班共有35个男孩子,这些男孩子中的许多都来自农村（2）注意 a number of 与the number of的

3、区别a number of后接名词的复数形式,其后接动词的复数形式,意义为“许多, 一些”;而the number of后接名词的复数形式,其后接动词的单数形式,意义为“的数量” 如:A number of the passengers are from the USA.许多旅客都来自美国The number of the passengers is 20.旅客的数量是202. 只能修饰可数名词单数形式的有:many a, more than one,其后的谓语动词用单数形式 如:Many a student likes watching basketball games.许多学生都喜欢观看篮

4、球比赛试对比:Many students like watching basketball games.(汉语意思一样,名词student与动词like的形式不一样)More than one student in our class likes collecting stamps.我们班不止一个(许多)学生喜欢集邮3. 只能修饰不可数名词的有:much, quite a little, a great deal of, a large amount of等,其后的谓语动词用单数形式 如:（1）Much time was wasted in watching TV series.许多时间被浪费

5、在看电视连续剧上（2）Every day my daughter has quite a little homework to do.我女儿每天都有许多家庭作业要做注意 a great deal of和a great deal的区别a great deal of后接不可数名词,其意义为“许多”; 而a great deal是副词短语,修饰动词,其意义为“十分,非常” 如:A great deal of work was done by the children in the park.公园里有很多的工作都被孩子们做完了Thanks a great deal.非常感谢4. 既可修饰可数名词,又可

6、修饰不可数名词的有:plenty of, a lot of, lots of, a mass of, masses of等,谓语动词的单复数形式根据它们后面所接的名词的形式而定 如:A lot of big trees were blown down last night.昨天晚上许多大树被刮倒了Plenty of food was left for the next two weeks.未来两个星期的食物足够了5. a large quantity of和large quantities of后既可接可数名词复数形式,也可接不可数名词,谓语动词的单复数形式要根据quantity的单复数形式来决定 如:A large quantity of flowers has been planted in our school.我们学校种了许多花 (quantity是单数,故动词用单数has)Large quantities of food were sent to the flooded areas.大量的食物被送往了洪涝灾区 (quantity是复数,故动词用复数were