
n.數(shù)量;總額
vi.總計;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。
用作不及物動詞 (vi.)The number of the injured amounted to over one hundred. 受傷人數(shù)總計一百多。
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. 這就等于要把整個事情重做一遍。
amount后可接介詞to。 The expenses amount to ¥50.
amount后也可接動名詞,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,只能用在不可數(shù)名詞,如能說a large amount of literature,不能說a large amount of books。
n.(名詞)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 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。但如接款項數(shù)字大的總數(shù),一般用 in〔to〕 the amount of。
v.(動詞)amount用作動詞的基本意思是“合計,共計”,引申可指“等同,接近”。
amount是不及物動詞,常與介詞to連用。
adj.同等的;相等的;相當(dāng)于
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