amount
- n.数量;金额;数额
- v.合计，共计;等同，接近
复数： amounts 过去式： amounted 现在分词： amounting 过去分词： amounted 第三人称单数： amounts
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amountnoun
金额
a sum of money
The insurance company will refund any amount due to you.
保险公司将退还你应得的所有款项。
You will receive a bill for the full amount.
你将收到一张全额账单。
数量；数额
a quantity of sth
an amount of time/money/information
一段时间；一笔钱；一些信息
We've had an enormous amount of help from people.
我们得到了人们大力帮助。
The server is designed to store huge amounts of data.
该服务器是为存储大量数据设计的。
a large quantity of sth
对这个课题已进行了大量研究。
There's been any amount of research into the subject.
used for saying that sth will have no effect
再怎样鼓励，他也不肯往游泳池里跳。
No amount of encouragement would make him jump into the pool.
verb
amount
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N-VAR 总数；总额
The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.He needs that amount of money to survive...
他需要那样一笔钱以生存下去。
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VERB 合计；共计
If something amounts to a particular total, all the parts of it add up to that total.Consumer spending on sports-related items amounted to £9.75 billion.
消费者在体育相关产品上的花费共计97.5亿英镑。
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PHRASE 大量
If you say that there is any amount of something, there is a lot of it. If you say that there are any amount of people or things, there are many people or things.I'm able to lay my hands on any amount of cash at a minute's notice...
多少钱我都可以马上弄到。
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amount of后不用复数名词，而number of后要用复数名词：the number of people out of work（失业人数）。
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noun
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- how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
- Synonym: measure quantity
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- the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
- an adequate amount of food for four people
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- a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
- Synonym: sum total
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- a quantity of money
- he borrowed a large sum
- the amount he had in cash was insufficient
- Synonym: sum sum of money amount of money
verb
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- develop into
- This idea will never amount to anything
- nothing came of his grandiose plans
- Synonym: come add up
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- add up in number or quantity
- The bills amounted to $2,000
- The bill came to $2,000
- Synonym: total number add up come
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- be tantamount or equivalent to
- Her action amounted to a rebellion
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We need double the amount we already have .
我们需要现有数量的两倍。
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Too often children are witness to a disturbing amount of violence .
孩子们经常会目睹暴力事件，其数量之多令人不安。
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A small amount of this paint goes a long way .
这种涂料用一点就可涂一大片。
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The work was done with the minimum amount of effort .
做这项工作没费什么劲。
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A tremendous amount of work has gone into the project .
大量的工作已投入到这项工程。
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The server is designed to store huge amounts of data .
该服务器是为存储大量数据设计的。
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The project wasted a considerable amount of time and money .
那项工程耗费了相当多的时间和资金。
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Modern computers can organize large amounts of data very quickly .
现代计算机能迅速处理大量的信息资料。
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Need I pay the whole amount now ?
我必须现在全部付清吗？
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There is still an immense amount of work to be done .
还有非常非常多的工作没有做。
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People should decrease the amount of fat they eat .
人们应减少脂肪的摄入量。
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Somewhere along the line a large amount of money went missing .
有一笔巨款在某一环节上不翼而飞。
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I 've got a terrific amount of work to do .
我有大量的工作要做。
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Teachers have a limited amount of time to interact with each child .
教师和每个孩子沟通的时间有限。
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He gave her a fifth of the total amount .
他给了她总数的五分之一。
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There 's only a minimal amount of risk involved .
所冒的风险极小。
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No amount of encouragement would make him jump into the pool .
再怎样鼓励，他也不肯往游泳池里跳。
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The tank had leaked a small amount of water .
水箱渗漏出少量的水。
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They have assessed the amount of compensation to be paid .
他们已经核定赔偿额。
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No amount of coaxing will make me change my mind .
任你费尽口舌也不会说服我改变主意。
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If you add all these amounts together you get a huge figure .
你把这些数量加在一起就会得到一个巨额数字。
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The total collection last week amounted to £ 250 .
上周的募捐总额达250英镑。
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The council has committed large amounts of money to housing projects .
市政会在住宅项目上投入了大量资金。
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This year we produced quadruple the amount produced in 2002 .
我们今年的产量是2002年的四倍。
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The amount of alcohol in his blood was triple the legal maximum .
他血液中的酒精含量为法定最高限量的三倍。
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The car has a generous amount of space .
这辆汽车的空间很大。
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Educational expenditure is often expressed in terms of the amount spent per student .
教育经费通常以用于每个学生的开支表示。
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People who earn under a certain amount are not liable to pay tax .
收入低于一定数额者不必纳税。
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No amount of make-up could hide her age .
再多的化妆品也遮掩不住她的年龄。
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The amount of fuel that this car uses is a big strike against it .
耗油量大是这辆车的一大缺点。
主要表示某种物质的量。
A large quantity of water is stored in the reservoir.
水库存了大量的水。
We import huge quantities of oil each year.
我们每年进口大量石油。
指把各部分加起来的总数。
Dividends for the year amounted in the aggregate to $50, 000.
该年的红利总计达5万美元。
What is the aggregate of goals from the four football matches?
这4场足球赛的总进球数是多少?
普通用词，主要与表示时间、金钱、物质等的不可数名词连用。
He spent a large amount of time in New York.
他在纽约呆了好长时间。
We need a small amount of fuel.
我们需要少量的燃料。
尤指经常性一次用药的剂量。
You should reduce your daily dosage of the medicine.
你应该减少每天的用药量。
Excessive dosage of this drug can result in injury to the kidney.
这种药使用过量会损害肾脏。
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