| 词汇 | amount |
| 释义 | amount noun[ C ] uk /əˈmaʊnt/ us /əˈmaʊnt/ B1 a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot be counted: （尤指不可数事物的）数量；数额；量；总数 amount ofThey didn't deliver the right amount of sand.他们运来的沙子数量不对。 Small amounts of land were used for keeping animals.少量的土地用于饲养动物。 He paid regular amounts of money to a charity.他定期向一家慈善机构捐一笔钱。 The new tax caused a huge amount of public anger.新税收引起了强烈公愤。 I had a certain amount of (= some) difficulty finding the house.我找到这房子费了不少劲。 I didn't expect the bill to come to this amount (= of money).我没有料到账单上的钱数会这么多。 You wouldn't believe the amount of trouble (= what a lot of trouble) I've had with this car.你决不会相信这辆汽车给我带来了多少麻烦。 A dangerous amount of radioactivity was released into the environment last month.上个月泄漏了大量的放射线，造成很大危险。 Some theatres receive a small amount of funding from the state.一些剧院从政府那里获得少量的资金扶持。 They were making a tremendous amount of noise last night.昨晚他们弄出的噪声震天响。 She eats an unbelievable amount of food.她的食量惊人。 The total amount raised so far is approaching $1000. General words for size and amount -sized bulk content dose of sth element extent footprint good things come in small packagesidiom load measure much number order percent ration size small-scale so muchidiom strength sublot GrammarAmount of, number of or quantity of? We use amount of with uncountable nouns. Number of is used with countable nouns: … Amount of or number of? We use amount of with uncountable nouns. Number of is used with countable nouns: … A quantity of or quantities of? Quantity is more formal than amount or number. A quantity of or quantities of can be followed by a countable noun or an uncountable noun. They are most commonly used with an adjective such as huge, big, large, small: … Idiomsany amount of no amount of amount | American Dictionaryamount noun[ C ] us/əˈmɑʊnt/ the degree to which something is a lot or a little; how much something is: She’s made a tremendous amount of progress since the accident. He liked to carry a large amount of money around with him. Idiomnot amount to much amount | Business Englishamount noun[ C ] uk /əˈmaʊnt/us MONEY a quantity of money: a large/small/considerable amountYou can make a considerable amount for only a few hours' work. a certain/particular amountPayments are limited to a certain amount. pay/spend/raise an amountIf everyone in the company contributed just $10, this would raise the amount needed. She was so disappointed with the service she refused to pay the full amount. I didn't expect the bill to come to this amount. a quantity of something such as time, space, a substance, or a feeling: an amount of sthThey didn't deliver the right amount of sand. large/small amountsSmall amounts of land were used for keeping animals. a considerable/significant/huge amountThe new tax caused a huge amount of anger among small business owners. Both solutions take about the same amount of time. any amount of sth a very large amount of something: We had any amount of trouble finishing the job. See alsoface amount Examples of amountamount The question is what the complex vs. non-complex distinction amounts to in structural terms. The decision of each court, then, amounted to a verdict about the family's history and identity. One older person said there was a real need for help with such tasks, and also with small amounts of help before a crisis occurred. First, rapid integration of large amounts of information is believed to occur in language processing, perception, motor control, and commonsense reasoning. The internet offers a rapid way to collect large amounts of data. However, this inference amounts to nothing more than the initial postulate, namely the existence of a continuum. How do cry acoustics and cry amounts independently affect parental responses? Moreover, under the experimental conditions of our assay, production of eggs, pupae and adults did not correlate with low amounts of acyl sugars. Summer-cut silages also contained relatively high amounts of propionic acid. The above remarks, amounting to no more than a sketch, do scant justice to the many works that have suggested new fields of contemporary historywriting. Towering above everything, however, is the colonial expropriation of vast amounts of the country's best land for white settlers. There was no toxicity demonstrated to canola seed meal in amounts up to 2000 mg in the 100 ml flask. The larvae were provided with weighed amounts of tomato leaf every two days. The books are selected on an international level, the foreign proportion amounting to approximately 70 per cent. The two groups began their programs with comparable scores and received near identical amounts of instructional time during the first two years of study. See all examples of amount These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withamountamountThese are words often used in combination with amount. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. actual amount Thus, it is very possible to give away more than half the actualamount. adequate amount If perennials can fix an adequateamount of carbon to make them viable crops, the question becomes one of harvest index rather than trade-off. aggregate amount The amount remaining after deducting the estimated amount of these specific grants is the aggregate amount of the rate support grant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with amount |
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