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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。
" y% D, a( D# `3 O《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》(第 8 版)有 3 处。
$ w. m) C( H6 f>**capacity**6 c6 _/ j$ X$ n( u5 [
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。
1 Y/ @1 E# h' e. I: e**million**% ?; C, _: {( f4 C( p5 r4 S' p' E
There were millions of people there. 那里人山人海。
" h5 h- H% T* ~$ {/ y**zillion**% O# J6 v& }: k) _1 S& k' `; l
There were zillions of people there. 那里人山人海。* ?; ]" E- f( B% ?$ o+ u
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1 D! B$ A* G4 F' ^0 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。
& ^$ b3 F! m0 N0 O9 }3 V8 q8 }0 {1 W>6.4 量 词
$ M% O% F. {. ]+ I1 A6.4.1 量词范围
+ a, I! l: a, M0 @% k: z, W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:
4 T2 f2 v8 G0 k7 ~1) 许多与数量有关的代词和限定词,如some,any,much,many等。 A4 N6 X$ q8 Z
2) 各种数词,如two,half,a third,80%等。
`. S0 ?3 M' ]3) 名词和of构成的表数量的短语,如a lot of,plenty of等。
8 V/ z2 W4 t* C% N! t* O4) 某些与数量有关的形容词,如enough,whole,half等。" f4 W8 A7 g Q# Z7 x
5) 某些与数量有关的名词,如feet,miles,years,dozen等。
/ z! y0 G9 g4 _6 ] S6) 某些与数量有关的合成词,如a five-dollar bill,a 6-page summary等。5 N+ v1 D. G' z3 M/ U
7) 某些与数量有关词组的所有格,如two months' stay,four weeks' notice等。5 c, o4 n( c5 a2 F: p- C( ~; K) ?
下面将简要地加以处理。
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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。0 S9 @' Y3 |+ N. x& T
MWALED 的 amount 条 usage 栏目里说得很清楚了 http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/amount 。
. r: c* N6 t- k; @" |3 A> Amount is chiefly used with noncount nouns.
a$ D9 B, s; _. H1 X» He lost a large amount of money." X3 Q0 L& L- ~- J* u: M
» a minimum amount of effort) p, c: p' p5 ~+ b& W# \5 b( P6 b
» They provided only a small amount of information.( M6 O8 f3 ~. Y$ Q. Q
It is also sometimes used with plural count nouns, but this use is often criticized as an error.
h/ Z7 P8 N, {1 ~/ y* k2 m! h» There were a large amount of mistakes.
& P0 z7 |: l' j3 l$ K5 jNumber is the usual word in such contexts.
4 T+ Y0 G+ ^+ g6 P» a large number of mistakes
2 \; {1 F% r5 T$ q* H9 H6 H; {» an increasing number of problems' l6 M* e& j" h' F1 ]/ Q8 r
/ M' C6 E9 `+ `$ c' _LDOCE6 http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/carload
" H8 r A7 q0 E% Y' N$ @% t> the amount of people or things a car can hold
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http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/dregs
8 R8 V( U# `4 J1 K4 ]- t>a small amount of a drink, sometimes with bits in, left at the bottom of a cup, glass, or bottle, V7 a3 S4 B: a1 m/ `# q9 {8 D
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$ k3 Y* C9 D7 D# B r3 ?' A8 ^LDOCE 里的释义里大量出现了:! r, L5 a$ N7 ^: F) }. {& F6 i7 }
the amount of a substance contained in a liquid5 |( P( C- O; _1 n1 n
the amount of a substance that people eat, drink, smoke etc3 b( P" U2 k v! k; O/ w
a small amount of a substance or of something that is not a physical object5 E) g( F+ ]6 O [
the amount of a substance that is contained in something, especially food or drink1 t9 j6 x. }+ Y3 J, s, o, M
a small amount of a feeling
1 e, j( K0 P, W$ u! ga small amount of a particular colour
3 B# i" @! p* S5 ]- C% Ba small amount of a strong alcoholic drink" b. ^% n% _$ F* w' \2 Y
a very small amount of a quality, emotion, substance etc that is difficult to see or notice2 M, [) A" M/ L: ~2 c- Q- {$ C
the amount of profits, crops etc that something produces
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>There is a *water* in “Chopping onions makes my eyes water. ”
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; Z0 K a. S. H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。2 v) W6 G/ g6 v7 g2 Q* \; M
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同样,就算规定 the amount of 后面跟不可数名词。
1 l5 i) Y7 D: N9 N) [# u/ @$ xthe amount of a substance (-> the amount of water, water is a substance)- E* e$ u/ |0 S4 ]- g8 {4 Q8 o
a small amount of a feeling
; S" \* j& d. `这种也是可以的。
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/ {. v1 Q; }& t8 a L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 )7 D% J9 V( X$ U1 |
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