查词历史：

amount

amount
[英] [əˈmaunt] [美] [əˈmaʊnt] 生词本

n.

vi.

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 行业释义

  • 词典例句

1. N-VAR 总数；总额 The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get. 

  • He needs that amount of money to survive...

    他需要那样一笔钱以生存下去。

  • I still do a certain amount of work for them...

    我仍然为他们做一些工作。

  • Postal money orders are available in amounts up to $700.

    邮政汇票的金额最高可达700美元。

2. VERB 合计；共计 If something amounts to a particular total, all the parts of it add up to that total. 

  • Consumer spending on sports-related items amounted to £9.75 billion.

    消费者在体育相关产品上的花费共计97.5亿英镑。

3. PHRASE 大量 If you say that there is any amount of something, there is a lot of it. If you say that there are any amount of people or things, there are many people or things. 

  • I'm able to lay my hands on any amount of cash at a minute's notice...

    多少钱我都可以马上弄到。

  • There are any amount of clubs you could join.

    有无数个俱乐部你可以加入。

Usage Note :

You should avoid using a plural noun after amount of; instead you should use number of with a plural noun. ...the number of people out of work.

amount of后不用复数名词，而number of后要用复数名词：the number of people out of work（失业人数）。

相关词组：
amount to 
Noun

1. how much of something is available;

  • "an adequate amount of food for four people"

2. a quantity of money;

  • "he borrowed a large sum"
  • "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"

3. how much there is of something that you can quantify

4. a quantity obtained by addition

Verb

1. be tantamount or equivalent to;

  • "Her action amounted to a rebellion"

2. add up in number or quantity;

  • "The bills amounted to $2,000"
  • "The bill came to $2,000"

3. develop into;

  • "This idea will never amount to anything"
  • "nothing came of his grandiose plans"

体育

  • 1.幅度
  • 2.分量

计算机

  • 1.数量；数[金]额；合[总]计

金融

  • 1.绝对保险额
  • 2.全额保险
1. A large amount of money is spent on tobacco every year.
每年在烟草上花去大量的钱。

来自《用法词典》

2. A small amount of alcohol was introduced into the mixture.
把少量的烈性酒掺入到这种混合剂中。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests.
这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Any amount, great or small, will be appreciated.
数量不论多少都将受到欢迎。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. At some colleges, the amount of work you will do is left entirely up to you.
在有些大学里，做多少功课完全由你自己来决定。

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. By any yardstick, that's a large amount of money.
用任何标准衡量，那都是巨大的金额。

来自《简明英汉词典》

7. He deposited a small amount of money toward the purchase of the car.
他为买这辆汽车先付了少量订金。

来自《简明英汉词典》

8. He drank a massive amount of alcohol.
他喝了大量的烈酒。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. He has a large amount of mail to answer every day.
他每天有大量的信件要回复。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10. He owed me ￡１００ but could pay only half that amount.
他欠我100英镑，但是只能偿还总数的一半。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. He used a certain amount of craft to make the sale.
他为这次买卖使了些手腕。

来自《简明英汉词典》

12. His debts amount to five thousand dollars.
他欠的债共达五千元。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

13. His income has been reduced to half its amount.
他的收入减少了一半。

来自《简明英汉词典》

14. I can't find that amount of money.
我不能提供那笔款子。

来自《简明英汉词典》

15. I credit him with a certain amount of sense.
我认为他有一定的见识。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. If he goes on like this, he'll never amount to anything.
如果他一味这样下去，他将一事无成。

来自《简明英汉词典》

17. If you want to be slim, you should try to lose a certain amount of weight every week.
如果想变得苗条些的话，你应该想方设法每周减少点体重。

来自《简明英汉词典》

18. It is necessary to decrease the amount of coal used.
必须减缩用煤量。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

19. No amount of sophistry can justify one country's intervention in the internal affairs of another country.
任何诡辩也不能证明一国干涉别国内政是正当的。

来自《简明英汉词典》

20. No amount of washing will remove them.
怎么洗也洗不掉。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》