n.数量;总额
vi.总计;等于
A petrol gauge shows the amount of petrol left in a car. 汽油表指示出汽车里所剩的汽油数量。
He has a large amount of mail to answer every day. 他每天有大量的信件要回复。
Remember to tell the guest the amount of the bill. 记得告诉客人帐单的总额。
We charge one percent commission on the total amount. 我们收取支票总额的1%25作为手续费。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)The number of the injured amounted to over one hundred. 受伤人数总计一百多。
Her answer amounted to a complete refusal. 她的答复等于是完全拒绝。
This amounts to doing the whole thing over again. 这就等于要把整个事情重做一遍。
amount后可接介词to。 The expenses amount to ¥50.
amount后也可接动名词,要注意不要与不定式混淆。 That amounts to saying that he is a genius.saying不可改成say。
做名词时,只能用在不可数名词,如能说a large amount of literature,不能说a large amount of books。
n.(名词)amount 用于表示“量”“额”,如重量、金额等。
amount of后一般接不可数名词,有时也可接复数可数名词,此名词被视为某一“总量”或“综述”。
短语 in the amount of (总共为)可以 of 或 for 代之;to the amount (总共达)可以 to 代之。但如接款项数字大的总数,一般用 in〔to〕 the amount of。
v.(动词)amount用作动词的基本意思是“合计,共计”,引申可指“等同,接近”。
amount是不及物动词,常与介词to连用。
adj.同等的;相等的;相当于
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