“许多”的英语表达方法-归纳总结

表示“许多，很多”的词组按其用法归类：

1.很多的

many 修饰可数

much 修饰不可数

a lot of =lots of 修饰可数,不可数均可

plenty of 修饰可数,不可数均可,一般用于肯定句中

a number of 修饰可数

the number of 的意思是“某物的数量”不是许多的意思,这个某物肯定是可数的,要不哪里来的数量

2.很少的：

a little 修饰不可数

a few 修饰可数

3.几乎没有：

little 修饰不可数

few 修饰可数

4.一些：

some any 都可以修饰可数和不可数

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

There are a great/good many English books in our school library.

A great number of my friends have been to the Great Wall.

Scores/Dozens of people were killed in the accident.

I have made quit a few good friends,too.

Many of them have watched the TV play.

A great many of us like American English better than British English. 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

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.

I spend a large amount of money on books every month.

Much has been said about it .

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。

At the end of the year there was a great deal to do .(年底有很多事情做）They talked a great deal about the problem.(他们对这个问题谈论了许多）He is a great deal better today （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

例he has got a lot/lots of questions to ask.

A lot of / lots of work is to be done this week.

There are plenty of books on the shelf.

I have plenty of time to do it

Suppies of trees were washed away.

We have had a large quantity of /large quantities of rain this summer. Lare quantities of fish have been caught recently.

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

I have a lot to do today. (很多事名词）

he helped me a lot （副词很多）

I like this picture quite a lot (副词非常）

I’m feeling a lot better 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

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）

许多的鸟已经飞去南方.

很多旅游者都是来自世界各地.

大量的牛奶都过期了.

池子里有很多的水.

秋天里,许多树叶已经从树上掉了下来. 高速路上有很多的汽车.

我有很多时间去做家庭作业.