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① ”人山人海“的英文表达,可以全文搜索下英汉(双解)词典。
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>**capacity**3 w& g: Q( u* X6 I% [
They played to a capacity crowd (= one that filled all the space or seats). 他们给人山人海的观众表演。' i W0 J2 I6 i+ }0 O: Q2 s3 @
**million**3 a4 C7 v9 O" E' G
There were millions of people there. 那里人山人海。
0 ^0 |* \% M1 ~! P( E% K**zillion**
0 E' r. k! h5 z. D& vThere were zillions of people there. 那里人山人海。
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$ a" v3 |- k( G2 N& F5 l② 《张道真实用英语语法(最新版)》(https://www.amazon.cn/dp/B00G1VRNOS/ ) 专门有一节讲量词,具体到个别词,那就只有多查多用了,列出来干巴巴的用法也没人看。7 C- q2 f- y) d
>6.4 量 词
E3 |/ R* K6 F6.4.1 量词范围0 n" P2 Y. O! u6 d
量词(Quantifiers)不是一种词类,而是许多与数量有关的词和短语,它们包含:
- A+ r( X B. `5 Z) Z0 T1) 许多与数量有关的代词和限定词,如some,any,much,many等。. |' k3 P8 E3 D' u" o
2) 各种数词,如two,half,a third,80%等。2 k' P- [) b: _* o5 O6 P! Q& `* J
3) 名词和of构成的表数量的短语,如a lot of,plenty of等。7 z4 y" T3 W' u8 Q* \) j5 C& o
4) 某些与数量有关的形容词,如enough,whole,half等。
, j7 a* d5 R4 Y K. x4 ]7 o2 u5) 某些与数量有关的名词,如feet,miles,years,dozen等。 O Z+ S) P4 k7 w/ o; P, ?- [. P
6) 某些与数量有关的合成词,如a five-dollar bill,a 6-page summary等。
% {/ b) h6 w+ {3 s1 a( w9 G2 d7) 某些与数量有关词组的所有格,如two months' stay,four weeks' notice等。6 u- ?8 }7 T; q! l2 [
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9 ~8 E a, d) I" A% k③ 具体到 amount of 后面跟可数还是不可数,这又是 descriptive、prescriptive 之争了。" S2 \$ | j( ]; q
MWALED 的 amount 条 usage 栏目里说得很清楚了 http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/amount 。
+ g' b* o) c# ]3 d7 h: R> Amount is chiefly used with noncount nouns.7 b* X X6 G2 d6 x
» He lost a large amount of money.
. @4 n' O9 i( L# e6 t» a minimum amount of effort# H! n- e$ K2 y
» They provided only a small amount of information.
9 e& K$ y `# U5 n8 G6 y; c$ ^It is also sometimes used with plural count nouns, but this use is often criticized as an error.2 [! [) |0 F% Z U
» There were a large amount of mistakes. C4 r0 {3 Y" Y" d- V8 [4 ~
Number is the usual word in such contexts. L+ Q: K% ?% s) W# |8 ] s2 Y
» a large number of mistakes
$ W4 H+ f6 l8 U* s» an increasing number of problems
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LDOCE6 http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/carload
$ _5 Q8 D( y. D. F5 I> the amount of people or things a car can hold
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3 L9 S% N: S1 U) h/ G6 ihttp://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/dregs4 v5 y& M1 D) a# z, h8 M
>a small amount of a drink, sometimes with bits in, left at the bottom of a cup, glass, or bottle* W8 y3 H4 K/ g3 h, K5 u1 E3 F! {
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LDOCE 里的释义里大量出现了:+ t: X! G9 r$ G# C7 E+ s
the amount of a substance contained in a liquid
0 V" S: J$ A& e) ~& O" Xthe amount of a substance that people eat, drink, smoke etc
" n: A5 |! d+ b9 i8 u+ ?- ga small amount of a substance or of something that is not a physical object1 k: [$ e3 M' c- X
the amount of a substance that is contained in something, especially food or drink
( E& i$ l0 J! F8 ga small amount of a feeling) c( B- s, S( C# W
a small amount of a particular colour
; w# G2 |, k1 Va small amount of a strong alcoholic drink$ N$ i" s6 ~" u& P8 f/ p- G& f
a very small amount of a quality, emotion, substance etc that is difficult to see or notice
( }, S1 ^! Y3 x( C; ithe amount of profits, crops etc that something produces9 A7 A) @0 I. q/ @) {* a1 [
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3 q' T7 I' Y9 h& p0 _3 B4 M7 B我举个句子。
: V- c0 [+ b B3 a, F$ L; E, ]. S>There is a *water* in “Chopping onions makes my eyes water. ”
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这里的 water 不是水,是说 water 这个词、这个概念,所以前面用个 a 是没有问题的。
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( E+ j+ Q5 C* f" j" v9 @5 {同样,就算规定 the amount of 后面跟不可数名词。
* P) u# b6 [# s- H) g: G3 Sthe amount of a substance (-> the amount of water, water is a substance)
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这种也是可以的。
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另外,化学里“物质的量”对应英文是 amount of substance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amount_of_substance ): X4 y: i# y7 ~! F' l4 a- s' O
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