“很多”、“大量”的英语表达法

1、.“很多”、“大量”的英语表达法“很多”、“大量”的表达法有多种。搞清楚哪些只能跟可数名词，哪些只能跟不可数名词，哪些既可以跟可数词又可以跟不可数名词，以及它们常见的主谓一致（单/复数）及其易混点对我们的学习大有裨益。下面将这些表达法进行归纳总结。1.a (large) number of / (large) numbers of + 可数名词复数。如：a number of boys are in the next room.很多男孩在隔壁房间。large numbers of people are at the meeting from all over the country.很多人从全

2、国各地来出席会议。2 . a large/huge amount of / large amounts of + 不可数名词。如：a large amount of money was spent on clothes.大量的钱花在衣服上。large amounts of money were spent on the bridge.这座桥花了很多钱。3. a lot of /lots of + 可数名词复数 /不可数名词。如：there is a lot of/lots of milk in the glass.杯子里有很多牛奶。there are such a lotof /lotsof

3、people who have had the same experience.很多人有着同样的经历。4. a(large)quantity of /(large)quantities of +可数名词复数 /不可数名词。如：there are a large quantity of books in the library. 图书馆里有很多书。there is a quantity of water in the lake . 湖里有很多水。there are large quantities of flowers in the garden. . 花园里有很多花。quantities of

4、 food were on the table . 餐桌上有很多食物。5. plenty of + 可数名词复数 /不可数名词。如：there are plenty of books on the bookshelf. 书架上有很多书。there is plenty of time. 有很多时间。6. a great/ good deal of +不可数名词。如：a great deal of money is spent by a large number of young people.大量的钱被很多年轻人花掉了。7. a world of + 不可数名词。如：there is a wor

5、ld of difference between them. 他们之间有很大的不同。8.an ocean of /oceans of +不可数名词。如：there is an ocean of sand far away.远处是一望无际的沙漠。.there is still oceans of time . 还有大量的时间。9.a good/great many+ 可数名词复数。如：philip found that there were a good many people already there.菲力普发现已经有很多人在那儿了。10.many a+可数名词单数。如：many a shi

6、p has been wrecked on these rocks. 不止一只（很多）船在这些岩石上触礁。11.quite a few/ a good few/not a few/not some+ 可数名词复数。如：there are quite a few students absent from the class today.今天很有些学生缺课。a good few experiments have been made today . 今天很做了一些试验。not a few/not some foreigners have taken part in the party. 不少外宾参加

7、了晚会。12.quite a little/no little/not a little / not some+不可数名词。如：he has got quite a little news. 他有很多好消息。this gave him not a little trouble. 这给他带来了许多麻烦。he took no little pains over the work. 他在这工作上花费了很多精力。he had not some strong tea.他喝了很多浓茶。13.quite a bit of+ 不可数名词。如：vacation seems to have done me qui

8、te a bit of good . 假期好象对我有很多好处。14.many many+ 可数名词复数；如：there are many many reasons against it.反对这事有很多很多原因。15.much much+ 不可数名词；如：tom has much much money . 汤姆有很多很多的钱。16.a pile of /piles of + 可数名词复数 /不可数名词。如：there are a pile of books in the library. 图书馆里有很多书。a pile of money is in the bag . 很多钱在袋子里。there

9、 are piles of papers on the desk.课桌上有很多试卷。piles of work remains to be done . 大量的工作有待于去做。17.a good/large supply of + 可数名词复数 /不可数名词； supplies of+ 可数名词 /不可数名词。如：there are a supply of candles in the drawer. 抽屉里有很多腊烛。there is a good supply of fat in the pig. 猪的身上有很多脂肪。.there is a good supply of meat/fish

10、/fruit on the market.市场上有很多肉/鱼 / 水果。18.a flood of+ 可数名词复数 /不可数名词。如：i received a flood of letters this morning.我今天早上收到了很多信件。a flood of water has poured from the roof.大雨从屋顶上倾盆而下。19.a troop of/troops of+ 可数名词复数（也可用单数） 。如：a troop of schoolchildren are dancing now. 很多（一群）小学生正在跳舞。troops of welcomers have

11、surrounded the hero. 许多欢迎者已围住了英雄。20.a mass of/masses of +可数名词复数 /不可数名词。如：a great mass of data 大量数据a mass of sand 一堆沙21.a great /wide/considerable variety of+可数名词复数 /不可数名词； varieties of+可数名词复数 /不可数名词。如：a great variety of books were recently published. 最后出版了很多(种 )书 /各种各样的书。there was a considerable var

12、iety of opinion. 当时有各种各样(大量的 )意见。there are varieties of cloth in the shop. 店里有很多个品种的布匹。22.a wide range of+ 可数名词复数 /不可数名词。如：a wide range of washing-machines and refrigerators is displayed in our showroom.在我们的展览厅陈列着很多 (一大排 )洗衣机和电冰箱。23.a series of+ 可数名词复数。如：a series of debates between the lecturers was scheduled for the next weekend. 演讲者之间的很多讨论安排在随后的周末。a series of questions 很多（一连串的）问题24.a flock of+ 可数名词。如：a flock of customers are waiting for the store to open. 一大群（很多）顾客在等着商店开门。25.dozens of+可数名词复数，表“打” 、“几十”、“很多”。如：dozens of pencils 好几打铅笔dozens of eggs 几十个蛋some d