money 是不可数名词,不可能用复数。sum 是可数名词:He owes me a large sum of money.他欠我一大笔钱。(摘自《朗文当代高级英语辞典》第六版 sum )Large sums of money were lost.损失了大笔钱财。(摘自《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》第8版 sum 词条) a large amount of 一般与不可数名词连用。例如:I've thrown out a large amount of old clothing. 我扔掉了一大堆旧衣服。(摘自《牛津英语用法指南》第四版172.4) 2017年1月第1版《韦氏高阶英汉双解词典》(p.66)指出:“amount 有时也与复数可数名词连用,但这一用法常被批评为是错误的。There were a large amount of mistakes. 有大量错误。...... 这样的语境下通常用number。a large number of mistakes 大量的错误 an increasing number of problems 越来越多的问题” 所以,在 amount(s) of 后面最好用不可数名词。 回答:2020/02/11 17:17 【参考】amount(s) of 与可数名词复数连用的例句 The server is designed to store huge amounts of data. 该服务器是为存储大量数据设计的。(摘自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第9版 p.66) 以下内容摘自 王福祯、王芳、许鸿主编的《英语词语用法详解词典》p.65: 当某物数量很大或人很多,实际上不可能计算或不便计算时,可用 amount 代替 number,后接复数名词。例如: The amount of people was very large in the hall.大厅里人的数目很多。 There were large amounts of people in the hall.大厅里有很多人。 A great amount of our investments are in property.我们的大量资金投在房地产上。 There is an amount of apples in the tree.这棵树上有许多苹果。(引用者注:in the tree应该改为 on the tree) The shopkeeper had a large amount of oranges in his storeroom.店主在仓库里贮存了很多苹果。 追问:2020/02/11 18:18(1)a sum of money 是一笔钱,而 sums of money 是很多比钱的意思吗?
回答:2020/02/21 22:10追问:2020/02/11 18:18(1)a sum of money 是一笔钱,而 sums of money 是很多比钱的意思吗? 【答】sums of money 是很多钱,不一定是“多笔钱”。如:Huge sums of money are spent on national defence. 巨额的钱财都投入到了国防上。(摘自《剑桥高阶英汉双解词典》p.2259)
【答】可以。 |
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