Question

a great amount of 的用法有哪些？

Answer 1

1、a great many 后直接接复数名词,动词用复数.用于肯定句中,相当于many,a large number of.

a great many后接可数名词复数,不加of.

如：I have a great many things to do.

如a great many后接代词时,则须加上of.例

如:A great many of them have seen the film.

2、amount用作名词

1）amount用于表示“量”“额”，如重量、金额等。

2）amount of后一般接不可数名词，有时也可接复数可数名词，此名词被视为某一“总量”或“综述”。

3）用法例句：

The information is of much amount.

这情报很重要。

l didn't expect the bill to come to this amount .

我没料到账单达到这个金额。

3、amount用作动词

1）amount用作动词的基本意思是“合计,共计”,引申可指“等同,接近”。

2）amount是不及物动词,常与介词to连用。

3）用法例句：

Her answer amounted to a complete refusal.

她的回答等于完全拒绝。

This amounts to doing the whole thing over again.

这就等于要把整个事情重做—遍。