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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。, X+ ?* b3 w9 }8 D$ ]
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》(第 8 版)有 3 处。4 S( Y( }+ E; D+ o9 t8 @) T) s
>**capacity**
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**million**: B1 d# Z3 y7 f' l# S2 N* n
There were millions of people there. 那里人山人海。7 ^: u- n* j/ v
**zillion**
^" N. J O7 B' s+ U, YThere were zillions of people there. 那里人山人海。! _9 g S- p2 _. q7 ]
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6 d, @( }8 I0 U! V② 《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。
3 \$ {# C2 L7 { }3 Y- Z>6.4 量 词" c! [# g1 d5 \* F! ~- ^- V1 v9 R
6.4.1 量词范围9 k0 n8 L% X" s6 `6 ?% E; ~" s5 f
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:
! d* s! U. Y, b: V8 \1) 许多与数量有关的代词和限定词,如some,any,much,many等。
1 w4 \; W6 O* D a% V. z2) 各种数词,如two,half,a third,80%等。 I5 _3 c: R: e9 O6 \6 F9 u
3) 名词和of构成的表数量的短语,如a lot of,plenty of等。6 G6 A" [# }- p
4) 某些与数量有关的形容词,如enough,whole,half等。; N! M; o1 T; A: O6 S
5) 某些与数量有关的名词,如feet,miles,years,dozen等。3 `9 F( n* H; O. v* |/ L# H
6) 某些与数量有关的合成词,如a five-dollar bill,a 6-page summary等。0 c% b- Y3 P; V+ r
7) 某些与数量有关词组的所有格,如two months' stay,four weeks' notice等。
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③ 具体到 amount of 后面跟可数还是不可数,这又是 descriptive、prescriptive 之争了。" d/ d3 ], a0 V
MWALED 的 amount 条 usage 栏目里说得很清楚了 http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/amount 。# r6 k8 R; x8 O$ y9 w
> Amount is chiefly used with noncount nouns.
8 K5 ^" @# S( w& k. T1 {» He lost a large amount of money.
$ G$ G: T' F$ H/ U» a minimum amount of effort
7 s( ?: Z; G3 X: \" q2 _$ N: `» They provided only a small amount of information.
3 C2 a! B0 a. u- S4 l4 z1 bIt is also sometimes used with plural count nouns, but this use is often criticized as an error. U' x k p/ P" L2 ^
» There were a large amount of mistakes.
% [9 x4 s% t& [! A+ \Number is the usual word in such contexts.
" w' U: w& a( U8 s» a large number of mistakes2 F& h8 C1 v# Y& Y
» an increasing number of problems
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7 J8 I0 ?! l0 q* h; S+ r( ?( RLDOCE6 http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/carload' R7 G3 Q, y9 c$ K
> the amount of people or things a car can hold. p I) @0 v: ?9 _2 {
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>a small amount of a drink, sometimes with bits in, left at the bottom of a cup, glass, or bottle
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the amount of a substance contained in a liquid
. ^1 ]: V% \( r2 x* Bthe amount of a substance that people eat, drink, smoke etc
2 f2 }3 P. t5 ]6 d. n2 Ta small amount of a substance or of something that is not a physical object0 \0 s! k: [. P n% u% T
the amount of a substance that is contained in something, especially food or drink
: ~/ }2 Y' l6 S1 Y. Wa small amount of a feeling
3 O- I$ Z0 B% Q3 _a small amount of a particular colour
M& N7 x3 O' |. q0 C* W* Q2 Sa small amount of a strong alcoholic drink
, S# q X3 I* q% J7 L8 w# Ya very small amount of a quality, emotion, substance etc that is difficult to see or notice& _8 E$ ]+ W) F
the amount of profits, crops etc that something produces
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我举个句子。
+ ?+ E5 Q2 B5 `; X- \+ J3 x>There is a *water* in “Chopping onions makes my eyes water. ”6 m- x3 Q, v; C
. d7 |# I% d; v4 N# a- e+ ~& b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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' P; l0 U' M, y, _同样,就算规定 the amount of 后面跟不可数名词。: c. _& V ~, m! w5 i B2 }
the amount of a substance (-> the amount of water, water is a substance)/ C% N0 y( A5 f) r( S
a small amount of a feeling( I9 H* D, F& @9 F- L
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 )' E$ C: W) {1 M' c- ]! y% e
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