| 词组 | amount |
| 释义 | amount An amount of something is how much of it you have, need, or get. ...the amount of salt lost in sweat. I was horrified by the amount of work I had to do. You can talk about a 'large amount' or a 'small amount'. Use only a small amount of water at first. The army gave out only small amounts of food. There is no proof that larger amounts will prevent more colds. However, you do not talk about a 'big amount' or a 'little amount'. When you use amount in the plural, you use a plural verb with it. For example, you say 'Large amounts of money were wasted'. You do not say 'Large amounts of money was wasted'. Increasing amounts of force are necessary. Very large amounts of money are required. ◊ WARNING You do not talk about an 'amount' of things or people. For example, you do not say 'There was an amount of chairs in the room'. You say 'There were a number of chairs in the room'. When you use number like this, you use a plural verb with it. A number of European countries became involved in an arms race. There are a great number of African novelists. |
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