“许多”表达何其多 在英文中，将这些表示“许多，很多”的词组按其用法归类： 一、只能修饰名词复数形式 many、 a great/good many 、a great/large number of 、scores of、dozens of和quite a few ,这类“许多”修饰作主语的名词时，谓语动词用复数 eg I‘m quite busy; I have many things to do There are a great/good many English books in our school library. A great number of my friends have been to the Great Wall. Scores/Dozens of people were killed in the accident.(许多人在这次事故中丧生） I have made quit a few good friends,too. 温馨提示： 1）many 作代词，表示“许多人，许多”的意思 eg Many of them have watched the TV play. 2) a great/good many 做代词，表示“许多人（东西）” eg A great many of us like American English better than British English.(我们中的许多人喜欢美语胜过英国英语） 3）the number of + n （可数名词复数）表示"....的数目”,用它做主语时，谓语用单数 eg The number of the students in our class is 55. 二、只能修饰不可数名词的“许多” much、 a great / good deal of 和a large amount of ，这类“许多”修饰主语名词时候，谓语用单数 eg I don't know they gave us much help. There is a great/good deal of snow on the ground.(地上有许多雪） I spend a large amount of money on books every month.（我每月要花很多钱买书） 温馨提示： 1）much 单用，做名词表示“许多，大量” eg Much has been said about it .(关于这种事已经说的很多了） 2）a great deal 做名词词组和副词词组，也表示“大量，许多”/ 还可以修饰比较级，表示程度。 eg At the end of the year there was a great deal to do .(年底有很多事情做） eg They talked a great deal about the problem.(他们对这个问题谈论了许多） eg He is a great deal better today （他今天好多了）（修饰比较级，表示程度） 三、既可以修饰可数名词复数，又可以修饰不可数名词 a lot of 、lots of 、plenty of 、supplies of ， a great/quantity of 、great/large quantities of eg he has got a lot/lots of questions to ask. A lot of / lots of work is to be done this week. There are plenty of books on the shelf. I have plenty of time to do it Suppies of trees were washed away. We have had a large quantity of /large quantities of rain this summer. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/fb913db3adf8941ea76e58fafab069dc502247b0.html