Deal, Quantity, Number等詞的用法辨析
一、a great/good many 非常多,許多(形容詞)
He has extracted a great many examples from the grammar book.
比較:
1. many a... 許多(后接單數動(dòng)詞)
Many a teacher has come to the exhibition.
Many a woman has great influence on her husband.
He beguiled us with many a tale of adventure.
2. a lot, lots of, a number of 與 a great many / a good many 意義相同。
二、a great deal 大量地,非常多的
1、作副詞
The old woman's life is a great deal better now.
2、作代詞
1. We have learnt a great deal from our professor.
2. I have accomplished a great deal in the last few months.
3. We waited for their decision with a great deal of apprehension.
2、作名詞(不可數)
1. People spend a great deal of money on National Day.
2. He drinks a great deal of water every day.
3. He offered me a great deal of money.
4. Keeping the house really meant a good deal to me.
3、比較:a lot of, lots of 也表示“非常多”,但它既可接可數名詞,也可接不可數名詞。
There is a lot of rain here in summer.
There are lots of tourists in Beijing every year.
A glossy magazine has lots of pictures of fashionable clothes and is printed on good quality paper.
He is a bold thinker, with lots of original ideas.
4、比較 :a big deal 重要人物
[a subject, situation, or event which people think is important. ]
1)I don't know why this issue has become such a big deal.
2)Losing the match was no big deal.
3)All I said was, I'm going to have a baby - what's the big deal?
4)Yes, it's his birthday today, but he doesn't want to make a big deal of it. (= make people notice it by having a special celebration)
三、a handful of 一把,少量(作為量詞)
1. She scooped up a handful of snow and rolled it into a ball.
2. Only a handful people agree with him, it is a foolis risk.
3. We invited twenty people, but only a handful of them came.
4.I picked up a handful of letters and began to open them.
比較:
同義詞組有:a small amount of , a small number of
A cap or tube containing a small amount of explosive used to detonate the main explosive charge of a firearm or mine.
At this school, only ten people passed the music examination this year. That may seem a small number but it's(about) par for the course.
四、a kind of 有點(diǎn)兒,幾分,一種
An apple is a kind of fruit.
Money is a kind of allurement for us.
I have a kind of feeling this might happen. (隱約覺(jué)得)
I have a kind of suspicion that she told a lie. (有點(diǎn)兒)
比較:
1. all kinds of / all sorts of 各種各樣的
Donations came from all kinds of people.
All kinds of remarkable thigns began to happen.
2. of a kind 同類(lèi)的,(質(zhì)量)低劣的
There is good news of a kind for Mr. Zhang.
She finds solace of a kind in alcohol.
五、小結
1.只加可數的復數
many
a great/good many
a (large/good) number of
復數謂語(yǔ)
2.+不可數名詞
much
a great deal of
an amount of=amounts of
單數謂語(yǔ)
3.+不可數名詞/可數的復數
a lot of /lots of
plenty of (前不加a)
謂語(yǔ)由所修飾名詞定
5.many a +單數可數名詞,單數謂語(yǔ)
4.a large quantity of加不可數名詞/可數的復數 ,單數謂語(yǔ)
quantities of 加不可數名詞/可數的復數 ,復數謂語(yǔ)
六、Large quantities of 的用法
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1、A (large) quantity of 修飾可數或不可數名詞,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數。
Large quantities of money have been sent there.
A large quantity of books has been offered to us.
A large quantity of people is needed here.
2、(large) quantities of修飾可數或不可數名詞,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復數。
例如:Quantities of food (nuts) were on the table.
3、多數語(yǔ)法,專(zhuān)家們的觀(guān)點(diǎn)并非如此,他們認為:
a quantity of 只能修飾不可數名詞,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數。A quantity of 間或也可以修飾可數名詞,例如,A quantity of baskets were on sale.
a large/small quantity of 大量的/少量的(可以修飾可數名詞或不可數名詞),
例如,I need a large quantity of oil (apples).
quantities of大批的,大量的,
例如,Large quantities of polluted water are flowing into the sea.
(a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a large quantity of + 名詞)的詞組后面的名詞是中心詞,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞根據后面的名詞的數而定”。
4、 a quantity of, quantities of可跟可數名詞與不可數名詞,并舉有三例:
There is a large quantity of milk.
Great quantities of fish are caught on the high sea.
Large quantities of water are needed for cooling purposes.
5、
“quantities of + 可數與不可數名詞”,謂語(yǔ)要用復數。
例如,
A large quantity of flowers were heaped on the martyr’s martyr [5mB:tE] n.烈士, 殉教者tomb.
A large quantity of beer was consumed.
Quantities of food were on the table.
七、 quantity 用法結論:
1.a(chǎn) quantity of后既可接復數可數名詞,亦可接不可數名詞。在它們分別和其后的名詞構成短語(yǔ)作主語(yǔ)時(shí),其謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞通??磑f后名詞的具體情況而采用單數或復數形式。如果是接不可數名詞,則謂語(yǔ)用單數形式,如果是接復數可數名詞,則謂語(yǔ)通常要采用復數形式
2.quantities of后既可接復數可數名詞,亦可接不可數名詞,后面的謂語(yǔ)都用復數形式。
進(jìn)行對照比較,弄清它們的區別,加深對語(yǔ)言現象的印象。
7、以"a great deal of"的用法為例:
比較"lots of", "a lot of", "plenty of", "a large quantity of", "a large number of" 和"a large amount of"的用法,
比較下列句子:
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We have still plenty of water left.
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We have large quantities of rain this summer.
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At noon lots of students go to the reading-room to read.
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