英語中有許多詞語可用來表示“許多”,根據(jù)性質(zhì)可分為三大類.1)修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式的有 many,a good/great many,quite a few,a large (或great)/small number of等,其后的謂語動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式.如：...
英語中有許多詞語可用來表示“許多”,根據(jù)性質(zhì)可分為三大類.
1)修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式的有 many,a good/great many,quite a few,a large (或great)/small number of等,其后的謂語動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式.如：
①A great/good many words and expressions have come into the language from American English.美國英語中的許多單詞和短語進(jìn)入了這門語言.
②Many have come to visit the old temple.許多人來是為了看看古廟.
③Quite a few people didn\'t understand this.Very few would accept it.
有許多人不明白這一點(diǎn).很少有人愿意接受.
④A great/small number of new factories have been set up in my hometown.
我們家鄉(xiāng)建立了許多新的工廠.
▲many和few,a few在句中可作定語、主語,但不能作表語.如只能說I have many/few books,而不能說 My books are many/few.
▲very many相當(dāng)于a great/good many,在程度上比many要強(qiáng).
▲a number of修飾主語時(shí),謂語動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式,the number of…作主語時(shí),謂語動(dòng)詞用單數(shù).如：
⑤A number of students have done the work well.許多學(xué)生作業(yè)做得很好.
⑥The number of the students in our school has risen this year.
今年我們學(xué)校學(xué)生的數(shù)量上升了.
句⑤的 A number of作定語修飾主語 students.句⑥的介語短語 of the students in our school作定語,修飾前面的主語 the number,表示特指,students 前的冠詞the不能省.
2)修飾不可數(shù)名詞的有much,a great deal of,quite a little,an amount of等.其后的謂語動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式.如：
①He has spent much/quite a little/a great deal of/a large amount of money on his new house.他在新房子上花費(fèi)了許多錢.
②Much/A great deal/Quite a little has been done to stop the noise.
已采取了許多措施來制止污染.
▲much,a great deal和 many一樣,可作定語或主語,而不能作表語,我們一般說 He has much/a great deal of money,而不說 His money is much(或a great deal).
▲a great deal后面不接名詞時(shí),不能用介詞of.
3)既能修飾可數(shù)名詞,又能修飾不可數(shù)名詞的有 a lot of,lots of,plenty of,a great quantity of等,謂語動(dòng)詞根據(jù)主語是可數(shù)或不可數(shù)決定單復(fù)數(shù)形式.如：①There are a lot of/lots of people in that room.那個(gè)房間里有許多人.
②There's a lot of/lots of rice in the bag.那只口袋里有許多大米.
③They don't have plenty of(=enough)rooms to live in/food to eat.
他們沒有足夠的房間住/沒有足夠的食品吃.