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[N-VAR 可变名词]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。
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[VERB 动词]合计;共计 If something
amounts to a particular total, all the parts of it add up to that total.
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[PHRASE 短语]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.
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)。