英語（English），屬于印歐語系中日耳曼語族下的西日耳曼語支，是由古代從丹麥等斯堪的納維亞半島以及德國、荷蘭及周邊移民至不列顛群島的盎格魯、撒克遜和朱特部落的日耳曼人所說的語言演變而來，并通過英國的殖民活動傳播到了世界各地。下面是小編為你帶來的英語中表示大量的短語 ，歡迎閱讀。

英語中有許多詞語可用來表示“許多”,根據(jù)性質可分為三大類.

1) 修飾可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)形式的有many,a good/great many,quite a few,a large (或great)/small number of 等,其后的謂語動詞用復數(shù)形式.如：

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①A great/good many words and expressions have come into the language from American English.美國英語中的許多單詞和短語進入了這門語言.

②Many have come to visit the old temple.許多人來是為了看看古廟.

③Quite a few people didn"t understand this.Very few would accept it.

有許多人不明白這一點.很少有人愿意接受.

④A great/small number of new factories have been set up in my hometown.

我們家鄉(xiāng)建立了許多新的工廠.

▲many和few,a few在句中可作定語、主語,但不能作表語.如只能說I have many/few books,而不能說 My books are many/few.

▲very many相當于a great/good many,在程度上比many要強.

▲a number of修飾主語時,謂語動詞用復數(shù)形式,the number of…作主語時,謂語動詞用單數(shù).如：

⑤A number of students have done the work well.許多學生作業(yè)做得很好.

⑥The number of the students in our school has risen this year.

今年我們學校學生的數(shù)量上升了.

句⑤的` A number of 作定語修飾主語 students.句⑥的介語短語 of the students in our school 作定語,修飾前面的主語 the number,表示特指,students 前的冠詞the不能省.

2) 修飾不可數(shù)名詞的有much,a great deal of,quite a little,an amount of 等.其后的謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式.如：

①He has spent much/quite a little/a great deal of/a large amount of money on his new house.他在新房子上花費了許多錢.

②Much/A great deal/Quite a little has been done to stop the noise.

已采取了許多措施來制止污染.

▲much,a great deal和 many一樣,可作定語或主語,而不能作表語,我們一般說 He has much/a great deal of money,而不說 His money is much(或a great deal).

▲a great deal后面不接名詞時,不能用介詞of.

3)既能修飾可數(shù)名詞,又能修飾不可數(shù)名詞的有a lot of,lots of,plenty of,a great quantity of等,謂語動詞根據(jù)主語是可數(shù)或不可數(shù)決定單復數(shù)形式.如：

①There are a lot of/lots of people in that room.那個房間里有許多人.

②There"s a lot of/lots of rice in the bag.那只口袋里有許多大米.

③They don"t have plenty of(=enough)rooms to live in/food to eat.

他們沒有足夠的房間住/沒有足夠的食品吃.