A great deal of 用法详解

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A great deal of用法详解
a great deal可单独使用,也可以用在形容词或副词的比较级前,表示“大量;许多”;而a greatdeal of只能用在不可数名词前,表示“大量的”。

如:
We learned a great deal from them.
我们从他们那里学到很多xx。

He ran a great deal faster than I.他跑得比我快多了。

He has given me a great deal of help.他给了我很多帮助。

[拓展]英语中有很多短语表示“大量;许多”,根据性质可分为以下三类:
★修饰可数名词的有:
a good / great many, a large / great number of, scores of等,谓语动词用复数形式。

如:
Therewerescoresof boxes,allwaitingtobechecked andloaded.大批的箱子等着检验后装运。

★修饰不可数名词的有:
a large amount of等,谓语动词用单数形式。

如:
He has spent a large amount of money on his new house.
他在新房子上花费了许多钱。

★既能修饰可数名词,又能修饰不可数名词的有:
a lot of, lots of, plenty of等,谓语动词根据被修饰的名词是可数还是不可数来决定单复数形式。

如:
There are a lot of / lots of people in that room.
那个房间里有许多人。

There’s a lot of / lots of rice in the bag.
那只口袋里有许多大米。

There are plenty of eggs in the fridge.
冰箱里有足够的鸡蛋。

Don’t worry about it. We have plenty of time.不要着急,我们有充裕的时间。

[小试]从
A、B、
C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. They spent ___ money on the new hospital.
A. a great deal
B. a good deal of
C. a great many
D. a large number of
2. He posses ___ books.
A. plenty of
B. very much
C. a great deal of
D. an amount of
Key:
1.
B2. A。