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1、英语“许多”,英语中的“许多”,英语中“许多”的表达法有很多,其中有的只能修饰可数名词,有的只能修饰不可数名词,有的既可修饰可数名词,又可修饰不可数名词,修饰可数：a(good/large/many/great)number of/numbers of;many(注：a great many=a number of)修饰不可数：much;a(great)deal of(+名词)(a great deal后加形容词）;a bit of（+名词）（a bit后加形容词）;(an)(large)amount of/amounts of可数不可数皆可（谓语动词随修饰的名词）：a(large)quant
2、ity of/quantities of(注：quantities of是个例外。无论其修饰可数不可数，谓语动词一律用复数）；a lot of/lots of；plenty of;masses of;a pile of/piles of,1.只能修饰可数名词复数形式的有:many,a great/good many,quite a few,a(large)number of,large numbers of,most等,其后的谓语动词要用复数形式如:A large number of houses were destroyed in the earthquake.在地震中许多的房屋被摧毁了 A
3、 great many people lost their lives in the accident.许多人在车祸中丧身,注意 many/most与many of/most of的区别 many/most后直接接名词的复数形式,意义为“许多”;而many of/most of后要接定冠词the+名词的复数形式,意义为“中的许多”如:(1)There are 35 boys in our class.Most boys are from the countryside.我们班共有35个男孩子,许多的男孩子都来自农村(2)There are 35 boys in our class.Most o
4、f the boys are from the countryside.我们班共有35个男孩子,这些男孩子中的许多都来自农村,注意 a number of 与the number of的区别 a number of后接名词的复数形式,其后接动词的复数形式,意义为“许多,一些”;the number of后接名词的复数形式,其后接动词的单数形式,意义为“的数量”如:A number of the passengers are from the USA.许多旅客都来自美国 The number of the passengers is 20.旅客的数量是20,2.只能修饰可数名词单数形式的有:ma
5、ny a,more than one,其后的谓语动词用单数形式 如:Many a student likes watching basketball games.许多学生都喜欢观看篮球比赛 试对比:Many students like watching basketball games.(汉语意思一样,名词student与动词like的形式不一样)More than one student in our class likes collecting stamps.我们班不止一个(许多)学生喜欢集邮,3.只能修饰不可数名词的有:much,quite a little,a great deal o
6、f,a large amount of,amounts of等,其后的谓语动词用单数形式如:Every day my daughter has quite a little homework to do.我女儿每天都有许多家庭作业要做 注意 a great deal of和a great deal的区别 a great deal of后接不可数名词,其意义为“许多”;a great deal是副词短语,修饰动词,其意义为“十分,非常”如:A great deal of work was done by the children in the park.Thanks a great deal.,
7、4.既可修饰可数名词,又可修饰不可数名词的有:plenty of,a lot of,lots of,a mass of,masses of等,谓语动词的单复数形式根据它们后面所接的名词的形式而定如:A lot of big trees were blown down last night.Plenty of food was left for the next two weeks.未来两个星期的食物足够了,5.a large quantity of和large quantities of后既可接可数名词复数形式,也可接不可数名词,谓语动词的单复数形式要根据quantity的单复数形式来决定如:
8、A large quantity of flowers has been planted in our school.我们学校种了许多花(quantity是单数,故动词用单数has)Large quantities of food were sent to the flooded areas.大量的食物被送往了洪涝灾区(quantity是复数,故动词用复数were),巩固练习 1._student failed in the test.A.Many B.Many a C.Quite a little D.A large quantity of 2._ money has been spent
9、on the environmental protection.A.A great deal B.A great deal of C.A lot D.Quite a few 3.A large quantity of patients _ sent to the hospital at once.A.have been B.has C.were D.was 4._ the people are against going to Sydney,so they have to give it up.A.Most of B.A large number of C.The number of D.Ma
10、ny,5.After the new technique was introduced,the factory produced _tractors in 2007 as the year before.A.as twice many B.as many twice C.twice as many D.twice many as 6._people can write with the left hand.A.Not many a B.Many not C.Not many D.Not more than one 7.It is impossible for so _workers to do
11、 so _work in a single day.A.few;much B.few;many C.little;much D.little;many,8.The number of people invited _fifty,but a number of them _ absent for different reasons.A.were;was B.was;was C.were;were D.was;were 9.As a result of destroying the forests,a large _ of desert _ covered the land.A.quantity;have B.quantity;has C.number;have D.number;has 10.There is _ coal in this area.A.a great deal B.a lots of C.quite a few D.a large amount of,
