n.數(shù)量；總額

vi.總計(jì)；等于

A petrol gauge shows the amount of petrol left in a car. 汽油表指示出汽車?yán)锼５钠蛿?shù)量。

He has a large amount of mail to answer every day. 他每天有大量的信件要回復(fù)。

Remember to tell the guest the amount of the bill. 記得告訴客人帳單的總額。

We charge one percent commission on the total amount. 我們收取支票總額的1%25作為手續(xù)費(fèi)。

The number of the injured amounted to over one hundred. 受傷人數(shù)總計(jì)一百多。

Her answer amounted to a complete refusal. 她的答復(fù)等于是完全拒絕。

This amounts to doing the whole thing over again. 這就等于要把整個(gè)事情重做一遍。

amount后可接介詞to。 The expenses amount to ￥50.

amount后也可接動(dòng)名詞，要注意不要與不定式混淆。 That amounts to saying that he is a genius.saying不可改成say。

做名詞時(shí)，只能用在不可數(shù)名詞，如能說(shuō)a large amount of literature，不能說(shuō)a large amount of books。

amount 用于表示“量”“額”，如重量、金額等。

amount of后一般接不可數(shù)名詞，有時(shí)也可接復(fù)數(shù)可數(shù)名詞，此名詞被視為某一“總量”或“綜述”。

短語(yǔ) in the amount of (總共為)可以 of 或 for 代之；to the amount (總共達(dá))可以 to 代之。但如接款項(xiàng)數(shù)字大的總數(shù)，一般用 in〔to〕 the amount of。

amount用作動(dòng)詞的基本意思是“合計(jì),共計(jì)”,引申可指“等同,接近”。

amount是不及物動(dòng)詞,常與介詞to連用。