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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.
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。
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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.
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)。