修饰名词的词.docx

一、 只能修饰可数名词的词语有：many, many a(n), a good / great many, a (great / large) number of, scores of, dozens of等例如：Scores of people went there in the first few days after its opening.开张后的头几天，很多人去了那儿I have been there dozens of times.我已去过那儿很多次了There're a number of students reading English in the classroom.教室里有许多学生在读英语Many a student has(=many students have)visited the Great Wall.谓语动词用单数)很多学生都游览过长城In winter, a good many animals sleep under the snow.冬天很多动物在雪下冬眠注意：many所修饰的复数名词前若有限定词,many后面要接of,表示“......中的很多”例 如：A great many(of the) graduates have found jobs.毕业生中很多人已经找到了工作。

二、 只能修饰不可数名词的词语有：much, a great deal of, a great / large amount of 等例如：Is there much water in the bucket?桶里有很多水吗？He always has a great amount of work to do.他总是有很多工作要做三、 既能修饰可数名词又能修饰不可数名词的词语有：a lot of, lots of, plenty of (以上三个词语后谓语动词的数依of后的名词的单复数而定),a great / large quantity of (其后谓语用单数),quantities of (其后谓语用复数)例如：There is still lots of snow in the garden.花园里还有许多雪There is plenty of rain here.这儿的雨水很多A great quantity of flowers was placed in the hall.大厅里放了很多鲜花There are large quantities of food in the cupboard.橱柜里有许多食物。

在所有这些表示“很多”的词语中many, much是最常用的词，它们既可以用于肯定句,也可以 用于疑问句和否定句例如：Are there many people in the street?街上有很多人吗？There isn't much time left.剩下的时间不多了其它的词语都用于肯定句，日常会话中常用lots of, a lot of或plenty of;正式文体中常用a great many, a (large) number of, a great deal of, scores of 或 dozens of 等但若肯定句 中有too, so, as, very或how等词修饰时，则必须使用many, much例如：The number of the people who lost their homes reached as many as 250,000.无家可归的人数多达250,000人There is too much work to do.要做的工作太多了此外，sea, pile, heap, pack, mountain, river, ocean等也能构成表示“数量”的短语，说明数量之多，同汉语中的"比喻”有相似之处。

例如：In western countries, mountains of rubbish are thrown away each day.在西方国家，每天都要扔掉大量（足以堆成山）的垃圾He has to overcome mountains of difficulties in order to finish the work.要完成这项工作，他必须克服重重困难I have piles of books to read.我有许多书要读The merchant has earned a heap of money.那商人赚了一大笔钱又如：a sea of flame 一片火海a sea of faces 无数张脸rivers of blood 血流成河oceans of time极多的时间（时间的海洋）。