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amount n.数量；总额vi.总计；等于 (1) 汽油表指示出汽车里所剩的汽油数量。(2) 他每天有大量的信件要回复。(3) 记得告诉客人帐单的总额。(4) 修理费用总计一百美元。(5) 受伤人数总计一百多。(6) 她的答复等于是完全拒绝。(7) 这就等于要把整个事情重做一遍。 You might complain about the amount of time it takes for the shoes you bought to arrive: amount here means the number of days before you can wear them. Amount is also a verb, meaning "add up to," like when you hope the tips you earn will amount to more than minimum wage. This meaning came before the noun amount, from the now obsolete definition, "to mount a horse," from the Old French amonter, "upward."

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英 [ə'maʊnt] 美 [ə'maʊnt] (1) A petrol gauge shows the amount of petrol left in a car.(2) He has a large amount of mail to answer every day.(3) Remember to tell the guest the amount of the bill.(4) The total cost of repairs amounted to 100 dollars.(5) The number of the injured amounted to over one hundred.(6) Her answer amounted to a complete refusal.(7) This amounts to doing the whole thing over again. An amount is a number, or quantity, of something. If you're surprised by the amount of work you have to do at your new job, you probably didn't expect such a long list of tasks. 1[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.   [usu N of n]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 动词]合计；共计 If something amounts to a particular total, all the parts of it add up to that total.   [V to amount]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 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）。相关词组：amount to

英语单词	amount
英美音标	英 [ə'maʊnt] 美 [ə'maʊnt]
中文释义	n.数量；总额 vi.总计；等于
英语例句	(1) A petrol gauge shows the amount of petrol left in a car. (2) He has a large amount of mail to answer every day. (3) Remember to tell the guest the amount of the bill. (4) The total cost of repairs amounted to 100 dollars. (5) The number of the injured amounted to over one hundred. (6) Her answer amounted to a complete refusal. (7) This amounts to doing the whole thing over again.
中文例句	(1) 汽油表指示出汽车里所剩的汽油数量。 (2) 他每天有大量的信件要回复。 (3) 记得告诉客人帐单的总额。 (4) 修理费用总计一百美元。 (5) 受伤人数总计一百多。 (6) 她的答复等于是完全拒绝。 (7) 这就等于要把整个事情重做一遍。
vocabulary简明	An amount is a number, or quantity, of something. If you're surprised by the amount of work you have to do at your new job, you probably didn't expect such a long list of tasks.
vocabulary扩展	You might complain about the amount of time it takes for the shoes you bought to arrive: amount here means the number of days before you can wear them. Amount is also a verb, meaning "add up to," like when you hope the tips you earn will amount to more than minimum wage. This meaning came before the noun amount, from the now obsolete definition, "to mount a horse," from the Old French amonter, "upward."
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [usu N of n] 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 动词]合计；共计 If something amounts to a particular total, all the parts of it add up to that total. [V to amount] 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 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）。相关词组： amount to

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