都是表示“大量,许多”的意思。 a lot ① 可用作名词性词组。 意思是“许多,大量”。如: I can learn a lot about Chinese history. 我可以学到很多有关中国历史方面的知识。 ② 也可作副词词组,修饰动词,意思是“十分”、“非常”,相当于very much. 如: I like Chinese action movies a lot. 我非常喜欢中国的动作片。 (1) 用作主语。如: A lot hangs on this decision. 很多事情都取决于这一决定。 A lot will depend on how she responds to the challenge. 在很大程度上将取决于她对这一难题的反应。 (2) 用作宾语。可用动词宾语或介词宾语。如: Sophia must have been through a lot. 索菲娅一定受过很多苦。 I have learned a lot from him since I have known him. 自从我认识了他,我向他学到许多东西。 (3) 用作表语。如: Two hundred pounds is a lot to spend on a dress. 买一件衣服要花200英镑是够多的。 (4) 用作状语。一是用于修饰比较级,二是用于修饰动词: ①修饰比较级,相当于much,意为“……得多”。如: It’s a lot colder today than it was yesterday. 今天比昨天冷得多。 Houses are a lot more expensive these days. 如今的房价贵多了。 ②修饰动词,一是表示程度,意为“很”“很多”“非常”等;二是表示频率,意为“经常”。如: He has helped me a lot. 他给予了我很大的帮助。 George smokes a lot. 乔治烟抽得很多。 I play tennis quite a lot in the summer. 夏天我经常打网球。 She is very pretty and goes out a lot. 她长得很漂亮,常常到外头玩。 在口语中,有时可用lots代替a lot。如: She loves him lots. 她非常爱他。 There’s lots we can do. 有许多事情我们可以做。 I eat lots less than I used to. 我吃得比从前少得多。 a lot of、 lots of a lot of与lots of的意思和用法完全相同,都是起形容词作用的词组,可用于修饰可数或不可数名词。相当于many或much. 如: There are a lot of / lots of famous movie stars in the USA. 美国有许多著名的电影明星。 We need a lot of [lots of] money. 我们需要很多钱。 He has quite a lot of [lots of] friends. 他有很多朋友。 A lot of people think that time is money.(许多的人认为时间就是金钱。) 修饰主语时,谓语的数取决于它所修饰名词的数。如: A lot of money was spent on it. 在它上面花了很多钱。 A lot of people were interested in it. 对此感兴趣的人很多。 plenty of 表示“足够、大量”,既可以修饰不可数名词也可以修饰可数名词的复数形式。如: I don’t have to do it in a hurry because I have plenty of time.(我用不着赶忙,因为我有充足的时间。) a number of / large numbers of 只可以修饰可数名词复数形式(它修饰的词作主语时谓语用复数形式)可以换为some、many、a lot of、plenty of。 I have a number of letters to write today.(今天我有好多信要写) a great deal of 只可以修饰不可数名词(它修饰的词作主语时谓语用单数形式)可以换为much。如: I spend a great deal of time/money on shopping.(在购物方面我花费了大量的时间/金钱。) |
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