我们都知道，汉语里面有很多的同义词，使用的时候会有很多的选择。其实，英语里面也是有很多的同义词的。就拿“许多”来说，有很多种英语表达，一起来看看英语中表示许多的用法吧。
一、只能修饰名词复数形式 many、 a great/good many 、a great/large number of 、scores of、dozens of和quite a few ,这类“许多”修饰作主语的名词时，谓语动词用复数
eg I„m quite busy; I have many things to do
许多人在这次事故中丧生) I have made quit a few good friends,too.
温馨提示：
1)many 作代词，表示“许多人，许多”的意思 eg Many of them have watched the TV play.
2) a great/good many 做代词，表示“许多人(东西)” eg A great many of us like American English better than British English.(我们中的许多人喜欢美语胜过英国英语)
3)the number of + n (可数名词复数)表示"....的数目”,用它做主语时，谓语用单数
eg The number of the students in our class is 55.
二、只能修饰不可数名词的“许多” much、 a great / good deal of 和a large amount of ，这类“许多”修饰主语名词时候，谓语用单数
eg I don't know they gave us much help.
There is a great/good deal of snow on the ground.(地上有许多雪)
I spend a large amount of money on books every month.(我每月要花很多钱买书 温馨提示：
1)much 单用，做名词表示“许多，大量” eg Much has been said about it .(关于这种事已经说的很多了)
2)a great deal 做名词词组和副词词组，也表示“大量，许多”/ 还可以修饰比较级，表示程度。
eg At the end of the year there was a great deal to do .(年底有很多事情做) eg They talked a great deal about the problem.(他们对这个问题谈论了许多) (他今天好多了)(修饰比较级，表示程度)
三、既可以修饰可数名词复数，又可以修饰不可数名词 a lot of 、lots of 、plenty of 、supplies of ，
a great/quantity of 、great/large quantities of 最近捕了大量的鱼)
温馨提示：
1)a lot 名词词组表示“大量，很多”/做副词词组表示“很多，非常，相当”/做程度状语修饰比较急 很多事 名词)
eg he helped me a lot (副词 很多)
eg I like this picture quite a lot (副词 非常)
eg I‟m feeling now (程度状语修饰比较级) 我现在感觉好多了
2)large quantities of + 不可数名词/可数名词复数 ，谓语用复数
eg Large quantities of water are needed every day. (修饰不可数n)
There are quantities of flowers in garden.(修饰可数n 复数)
四、many a /an + 单数可数名词 也表示许多，这个短语作主语时谓语用单数 eg Many a girl in our class has learned to swim
Many a book was translated into English.(许多书被翻译为英语)
英语中表示“许多、 大量”的词语用法
一.修饰可数名词：
1)many，a great/good many，a great/large/small number of，scores of，dozens of。
eg:There are many people in the park. @I have a great many things to do. @She bought dozens of eggs yesterday morning.
2)Many a/an,也表“很/许多的+可名单，谓动用单数。
Many a young man wants to speak English.
3)the number of…，表示“…的数目”‟，谓动用单数。
The number of books missing from the school library is large.
记忆技巧：修饰可数名词你会发现构成短语的主要名词many，number，score，dozen本身都是可数的!!
二、修饰不可数名词：
1)much，a great/good deal of，a large/small amount of。
@There is a great deal of snow on the ground.@A million dollars is a large amount of money to me.
2)@a great/good deal可用作adv.，作状语，饰adj.，特别是adj.比较级，意思是“非常,…得多”;
He ran a good deal faster than I.他跑得比我快得多。
@也可修饰动词，意思是“很多”。 “Do you walk much?”“Yes，(I walk) a good deal.
3)@the amount of...作主语，谓动用单。The amount of money spent on the bridge was large.
@1arge amounts of...作主语，谓动复。Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge.
记忆技巧：much，本身不可数;deal，amount都是"量”，没法量。所以加不可数
三、修饰可/不可数名词均可：
1)a lot of，lots of，plenty of，a great/1arge/small quantity of，
@A lot of/Lots of people可数went swimming yesterday.@A lot of/Lots of work不可数 is to be done this week.
@We have plenty of cakes可数.Take some more.@Don't hurry.There is plenty of time不可数.
2)a lot.
@用作n，表示“很多，多数”。 He knew a lot about it.
@用作adv，修饰adj.和v，表示“非常，相当”。He is feeling a lot better today./She laughed a lot.她笑得很厉害。
3)注意a quantity of的谓动。+不n,谓动单;+可n复，谓动复。
A small quantity of water is needed.There are a large quantity of flowers in the garden.
4)great/large quantities of+。+不n/+可n复，谓动都复。Large quantities of food were on the table.
记忆技巧：lot，plenty，quantity他们本身自己都是集合名词，包容性好，所以二
者皆可。
总结：要记短语先分清短语中的关键词，就不会混了。
其实，英语中有许多的词可以表示“很多”的意思，在使用的时候，大家要注意其用法。尤其是即将参加高考的朋友，要注意甄别每个词的用法，这样可以给自己高考增分不少哦。
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