英语中有许多词语可用来表示“许多”，根据性质可分为三大类。 1)修饰可数名词复数形式的有 many, a good/great many, quite a few, a large (或great)/small number of等，其后的谓语动词用复数形式。如： ...
英语中有许多词语可用来表示“许多”，根据性质可分为三大类。
1)修饰可数名词复数形式的有 many, a good/great many, quite a few, a large (或great)/small number of等，其后的谓语动词用复数形式。如：
①A great/good many words and expressions have come into the language from American English. 美国英语中的许多单词和短语进入了这门语言。
②Many have come to visit the old temple. 许多人来是为了看看古庙。
③Quite a few people didn\'t understand this. Very few would accept it.
有许多人不明白这一点。很少有人愿意接受。
④A great/small number of new factories have been set up in my hometown.
我们家乡建立了许多新的工厂。
▲many和few, a few在句中可作定语、主语，但不能作表语。如只能说I have many/few books, 而不能说 My books are many/few.
▲very many相当于a great/good many, 在程度上比many要强。
▲a number of修饰主语时，谓语动词用复数形式，the number of…作主语时，谓语动词用单数。如：
⑤A number of students have done the work well. 许多学生作业做得很好。
⑥The number of the students in our school has risen this year.
今年我们学校学生的数量上升了。
句⑤的 A number of作定语修饰主语 students。句⑥的介语短语 of the students in our school作定语，修饰前面的主语 the number, 表示特指，students 前的冠词the不能省。
2)修饰不可数名词的有much, a great deal of, quite a little, an amount of等。其后的谓语动词用单数形式。如：
①He has spent much/quite a little/a great deal of/a large amount of money on his new house. 他在新房子上花费了许多钱。
②Much/A great deal/Quite a little has been done to stop the noise.
已采取了许多措施来制止污染。
▲much, a great deal和 many一样，可作定语或主语，而不能作表语，我们一般说 He has much/a great deal of money, 而不说 His money is much(或a great deal)。
▲a great deal后面不接名词时，不能用介词of。
3)既能修饰可数名词，又能修饰不可数名词的有 a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a great quantity of等，谓语动词根据主语是可数或不可数决定单复数形式。如： ①There are a lot of/lots of people in that room. 那个房间里有许多人。
②There's a lot of/lots of rice in the bag. 那只口袋里有许多大米。
③They don't have plenty of(=enough)rooms to live in/food to eat.
他们没有足够的房间住/没有足够的食品吃。
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