Question

a large amount of和large amounts of有什么区别？

Answer 1

a large amount of 和 large amounts of的区别：

1、a large amount of +不可数名词，谓语动词用单数；large amounts of+ 不可数名词， 谓语动词用复数

例：A large amount of money was spent on the bridge.

在这座桥上花了大量资金。

例：Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge.

在这座桥上花了大量资金。

2、偶尔也可见到a large amount of +复数可数名词的用法，large amounts of不能加复数可数名词。

The shopkeeper had a large amount of oranges in his storeroom.

扩展资料

1、 amount用作名词

其意为“数量”、“金额”“总额”等，通常用于 an amount of, a (great, large) amount of,amounts of这类结构，其后通常接不可数名词。

注意：an amount of,a(large,great)amount of,amounts of 修饰名词用作主语，其谓语的数取决于 amount 的数。

2. amount用作动词

用作动词时意为“合计” “总计 ”addup to,makesth as a total、“等于”、“意味着”be equal toor the same as sth，通常是不及物动词，其后常接介词 to。

注意：由于其后接的to为介词，所以后接动词时，该动词要用动名词。