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