英語(yǔ)（English），屬于印歐語(yǔ)系中日耳曼語(yǔ)族下的西日耳曼語(yǔ)支，是由古代從丹麥等斯堪的納維亞半島以及德國(guó)、荷蘭及周邊移民至不列顛群島的盎格魯、撒克遜和朱特部落的日耳曼人所說(shuō)的語(yǔ)言演變而來(lái)，并通過(guò)英國(guó)的殖民活動(dòng)傳播到了世界各地。下面是小編為你帶來(lái)的英語(yǔ)中表示大量的短語(yǔ) ，歡迎閱讀。

英語(yǔ)中有許多詞語(yǔ)可用來(lái)表示“許多”,根據(jù)性質(zhì)可分為三大類.

1) 修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式的有many,a good/great many,quite a few,a large (或great)/small number of 等,其后的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式.如：

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①A great/good many words and expressions have come into the language from American English.美國(guó)英語(yǔ)中的許多單詞和短語(yǔ)進(jìn)入了這門語(yǔ)言.

②Many have come to visit the old temple.許多人來(lái)是為了看看古廟.

③Quite a few people didn"t understand this.Very few would accept it.

有許多人不明白這一點(diǎn).很少有人愿意接受.

④A great/small number of new factories have been set up in my hometown.

我們家鄉(xiāng)建立了許多新的工廠.

▲many和few,a few在句中可作定語(yǔ)、主語(yǔ),但不能作表語(yǔ).如只能說(shuō)I have many/few books,而不能說(shuō) My books are many/few.

▲very many相當(dāng)于a great/good many,在程度上比many要強(qiáng).

▲a number of修飾主語(yǔ)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式,the number of…作主語(yǔ)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù).如：

⑤A number of students have done the work well.許多學(xué)生作業(yè)做得很好.

⑥The number of the students in our school has risen this year.

今年我們學(xué)校學(xué)生的數(shù)量上升了.

句⑤的` A number of 作定語(yǔ)修飾主語(yǔ) students.句⑥的介語(yǔ)短語(yǔ) of the students in our school 作定語(yǔ),修飾前面的主語(yǔ) the number,表示特指,students 前的冠詞the不能省.

2) 修飾不可數(shù)名詞的有much,a great deal of,quite a little,an amount of 等.其后的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式.如：

①He has spent much/quite a little/a great deal of/a large amount of money on his new house.他在新房子上花費(fèi)了許多錢.

②Much/A great deal/Quite a little has been done to stop the noise.

已采取了許多措施來(lái)制止污染.

▲much,a great deal和 many一樣,可作定語(yǔ)或主語(yǔ),而不能作表語(yǔ),我們一般說(shuō) He has much/a great deal of money,而不說(shuō) His money is much(或a great deal).

▲a great deal后面不接名詞時(shí),不能用介詞of.

3)既能修飾可數(shù)名詞,又能修飾不可數(shù)名詞的有a lot of,lots of,plenty of,a great quantity of等,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞根據(jù)主語(yǔ)是可數(shù)或不可數(shù)決定單復(fù)數(shù)形式.如：

①There are a lot of/lots of people in that room.那個(gè)房間里有許多人.

②There"s a lot of/lots of rice in the bag.那只口袋里有許多大米.

③They don"t have plenty of(=enough)rooms to live in/food to eat.

他們沒(méi)有足夠的房間住/沒(méi)有足夠的食品吃.