初中英语短语用法举例
初中英语短语用法举例
a great deal, a great many, many a, lots of, a kind of等用法辨析
◆a great deal 大量地,非常多的
1、作副词
The old woman's life is a great deal better now.
2、作代词
We have learnt a great deal from our professor.
I have accomplished a great deal in the last few months.
We waited for their decision with a great deal of apprehension.
2、作名词(不可数)
People spend a great deal of money on National Day.
He drinks a great deal of water every day.
He offered me a great deal of money.
Keeping the house really meant a good deal to me.
3、比较:a lot of, lots of 也表示“非常多”,但它既可接可数名词,也可接不可数名词。
There is a lots of rain here in summer.
There are lots of tourists in Beijing every year.
A glossy magazine has lots of pictures of fashionable clothes and is printed on good quality paper.
He is a bold thinker, with lots of original ideas.
4、比较 :a big deal 重要人物
[a subject, situation, or event which people think is important. ] I don't know why this issue has become such a big deal.
Losing the match was no big deal.
All I said was, I'm going to have a baby - what's the big deal?
Yes, it's his birthday today, but he doesn't want to make a big deal of it. (= make people notice it by having a special celebration)
◆a great/good many 非常多,许多(形容词)
The young couple has travelled a great many cities since they got married.
A great many college students were sent to the West to help the children there. Helen has a great many friends indeed, but she does not think she has any she can confide in.
The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.
He has extracted a great many examples from the grammar book.
比较:
1. many a... 许多(后接单数动词)
Many a teacher has come to the exhibition.
Many a woman has great influence on her husband.
He beguiled us with many a tale of adventure.
2. a lot, lots of, a number of 与 a great many / a good many 意义相同。 ◆ a handful of 一把,少量(作为量词)
She scooped up a handful of snow and rolled it into a ball.
Only a handful people agree with him, it is a foolis risk.
We invited twenty people, but only a handful of them came.
I picked up a handful of letters and began to open them.
比较:
同义词组有:a small amount of , a small number of
A cap or tube containing a small amount of explosive used to detonate the main explosive charge of a firearm or mine.
At this school, only ten people passed the music examination this year. That may seem a small number but it's(about) par for the course.
◆ a kind of 有点儿,几分,一种
An apple is a kind of fruit.
Money is a kind of allurement for us.
I have a kind of feeling this might happen. (隐约觉得)
I have a kind of suspicion that she told a lie. (有点儿)
比较:
1. all kinds of / all sorts of 各种各样的
Donations came from all kinds of people.
All kinds of remarkable thigns began to happen.
2. of a kind 同类的,(质量)低劣的
There is good news of a kind for Mr. Zhang.
She finds solace of a kind in alcohol.
1.只加可数的复数
many
a great/good many
a (large/good) number of
复数谓语
2.+不可数名词
much
a great deal of
an amount of=amounts of
单数谓语
3.+不可数名词/可数的复数
a lot of /lots of
plenty of (前不加a)
谓语由所修饰名词定
4.a large quantity of加不可数名词/可数的复数 ,单数谓语 quantities of 加不可数名词/可数的复数 ,复数谓语
5.many a +单数可数名词,单数谓语