词组 | amount(number) |
释义 | amount : number — 71 这两个名词远非同义;前者是指量,是不可数的;后者是指数,是可数的(参见词目 72 )。 例如: to the amount of 与……同量( =as much as ) to the number of 与……同数( =as many as ) 比较: They both have had a large amount of experience in farm work. 他俩在农活方面都有丰富的经验。(在这里, experience 是个不可数名词) They both have had a large number of experiences in farm work. 他俩在农活方面都有很多的经验。(在这里, expe-riences 是个复数可数名词) With the same amount of man-power and in the same number of work hours, people can turn out score of hundreds of time more products than before. 用同样分量的人力和同样数量的劳动时间,人们可以生产出比过去多几百倍的产品。 (这里的 amount 和 number 不能对换) |
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