plent of,much,many,a lot of和lots of 到底怎么用...
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1. some和any的用法:
两者修饰可数单数名词,表某一个;任何一个; 修饰可数复数名词和不可数名词,表一些;有些。
一般的用法:some用于肯定句;any用于疑问句,否定句或条件句。
I am looking for some
matches.
Do you have any matches? I
do not have any matches.
特殊的用法:
(A) 在期望对方肯定的回答时,问句也用some。
Will you lend me some
money? (=Please lend me some
money.)
(B) any表任何或任何一个时,也可用于肯定句。
Come any day you like.
some和any后没有名词时,当做代名词, 此外两者也可做副词。
Some of them are my
students.〔代名词)
Is your mother
any better?(副词)
2. many和much的用法:
many修饰复数可数名词,表许多; much修饰不可数名词,表量或程度。
He has many friends, but
few true ones.
There hasn't been much good
weather recently.
many a:
many a和many同义,但语气比较强,并且要与单数名词及单数形动词连用。
Many a prisoner has been
set free. (=Many prisoners have
been set free.)
as many和so many均等于the same number
of。 前有as, like时, 只用so many。
These are not all the
books I have. These are
as many more upstairs.
They worked like so many
ants.
as much等于the same amount of,
表同量和同一事情。
He bought two pounds of
sugar and as much tea.
〔同量)
I was not in the least
surprised, for I had fully
expected as much. 〔同一事情)
many和much之后不接名词时,作为代名词;另外much也可用副词。
Many of them were very
tired.
I don't eat much for
lunch. 〔代名词)
He is much taller than I.
(副词〕
3. (a) few和(a) little的用法:
(a) few用在复数可数名词之前,(a) little用在不可数名词之前。
He took a few
biscuits. (=several)
He took few biscuits(=not
many)
He took a little
butter. (=some)
He took little butter.
(=not much)
few可由bardly any或almost no所取代,含否定的意味。
The composition is well
written; it has few (=hardly
any) mistakes.
Few (=Almost no) men
can solve it.
a few相当于some, several, 含肯定的意味。
He has a few
(=some or several) friends.
a little和little之间的差别,就和a few和few的差别一样,只是(a)
little须修饰不可数名词,表量或程度。
He grows worse; there
is little hope of his
recovery.
He is not much
better, but there is a
little hope.
4. 其他的数量形容词:
(1) plenty of, a
lot of, lots of均表许多,修饰复数可数名词或不可数名词。
The room contained plenty
of (or a lot of or
lots of) students.(复数名词)
The room contained plenty
of (or a lot of or
lots of) furniture.(不可数名词)
(2) a great (or a
good) deal of, a large
(or a small) quantity of,
a large (or a small)
amount of, 均表(量), 修饰不可数名词。
The room contained a
great deal of furniture. (不可数名词)
The room contained a
good deal of furniture. (不可数名词)
The room contained a
large quantity of furniture.
(不可数名词)
The room contained a
large amount of furniture.
(不可数名词)
The room contained a
small quantity of furniture.
(不可数名词)
The room contained a
small amount of furniture.
(不可数名词)
(3) a number of
“许多;一些”;a great (large, good)
number of “许多”,修饰复数可数名词,并且要与复数动词连用。
A number of books
are missing from the library.
The number of books
from the library is large.
(the number of
+复数名词←→单数动词)
The room contained a
great (or large or good)
number of students.(复数可数名词)
(4) enough的用法:
(A) 可接复数可数名词和不可数名词。
There are enough chairs.
(可数)
There is enough
furniture. (不可数)
(B) 可放在年修饰名词的前后。
We don't have enough
time. =We don't have time
enough.
(5) hundreds of, dozens
of, thousands of, scores of
+复数可数名词
冠词或数词(one, two...) +
(hundred, dozen, thousand, score)
复数可数名词
(6) the rest of
“其余的”, 可接复数可数名词及不可数名词,作主词时,接可数名词则用复数动词,接不可数名词则用单数动词。
The rest of the
students are absent. (复数可数名词)
The rest of the
water was thrown away. 不可数名词)
注:the rest作代名词, 等于 the
others, 和复数动词连用。
5. 不可名词量的表示语:
(1) 不可数名词可加表单位的形容片语,表示数的观念。其公式为:
数词+单位词+of+不可数名词
(2) 各类表单位的形容词片语。
(A) 物质名词:
a piece (suit) of
armour;
a piece (slice) of
cake;
a piece (an article)
of furniture;
a piece of jewelry;
a piece (sheet) of
paper;
a cake of soap;
a piece (slice) of
bacon;
a piece (stick) of
chalk;
a bit (blade) of
grass;
a piece (strip) of
land;
a bit (grain) of
rice;
a bowl of soup;
(B) 抽象名词
a word of abuse;
an item (a bit) of
business;
an attack of fever;
a bit (an amount)
of interest;
a fit of passion;
a piece (word) of
advice;
a piece of evidence;
a piece (an item)
of information;
a piece (an item)
of news;
(C) 自然现象:
a flash of lightening;
a bolt of thunder;
6. 名词种类的表示语:kind of, sort
of, type of,
(1) 三者都可接可数名词及不可数名词,其后的冠词a
(an)常被省略。
What kind of (a)
pencil did you buy?
I don't like that
sort of game.
(2) kind of, sort
of, type of之前可加a, the, some,
any, etc.
I had a kind of
suspicion that he was
cheating.