Amount既是不可数名词,又是可数名词。表示总数、总额、总值的时候是不可数名词,如:You will receive a bill for the full amount.表示数量的时候是可数名词,如:We've had an enormous amount of help from people.
一、amount用作名词
1.amount用于表示“量”“额”,如重量、金额等。
2.amount of后一般接不可数名词,有时也可接复数可数名词,此名词被视为某一“总量”或“综述”。
The information is of much amount.
这情报很重要。
二、amount用作动词
1.amount用作动词的基本意思是“合计,共计”,引申可指“等同,接近”。
2.amount是不及物动词,常与介词to连用。
Her answer amounted to a complete refusal.
她的答复等于是完全拒绝。
The capital sunk in it is fabulous in amount.
投入的资金数量惊人。
The amount of content should be appropriate to its use.
内容的数量应该与它的使用方法相适应。
How well the prediction will be validated by later performance depends upon the amount, reliability, and approlpriateness of the information and on the skill with which it is interpreted.
这些预测在多大程度上会被后来的表现所证实,这取决于所采用信息的数量、可靠性和适宜性以及解释这些信息的技能。
In this case, we set a limit on the amount of storage.
在这个案例中,我们对存储的大小设了一个限制。