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quantity n.量；数量；大量 (1) 这家公司对质量比对产量更重视。(2) 他吃了少量的米饭。(3) 今年的电影无论从数量上还是质量上都说不上好。(4) 在我们的工作中，质量跟数量同等重要。(5) 这家工厂生产大量的纸制品。 If you get confused about quantity vs. quality, remember that quant is close to count. In Latin, quantus means “how great” or “how much.” When you count how many oranges are in a bowl, you know the quantity. When you count the grains of sand in a desert, you're counting a very large quantity . . . and you need a new hobby.

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英 ['kwɒntəti] 美 ['kwɑːntəti] (1) This company is more concerned with quality than with quantity.(2) He ate a small quantity of rice.(3) It was a bad year for films, in terms of both quantity and quality.(4) In our work quality counts for as much as quantity.(5) The factory turns out a large quantity of paper products. Quantity tells you “how much.” If you're concerned with quantity not quality, it's more important how many you have than how good they are. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]数量；量 A quantity is an amount that you can measure or count. ...a small quantity of water.少量的水...vast quantities of food...大量食品The bowl needs to be re-frozen after each use, so it takes a long time to make a large quantity...这种碗每次使用之后都需要重新冷冻，因此要做大份食物时需要很长时间。Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand...有一些廉价的商品，但是数量不足以满足需求。Uranium is available in considerable quantity from various areas of the world.可世界上许多地区都有相当数量的铀储量。2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]大量；大宗；大批 Things that are produced or available in quantity are produced or available in large amounts. After some initial problems, acetone was successfully produced in quantity...解决了最初的一些问题之后，终于成功地制造出了大量丙酮。But even with those databases, the sheer quantity of data can still cause problems.可是即便有了那些数据库，数据的数量之大仍然会带来问题。3[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](尤指和质量相对的)数量 You can use quantity to refer to the amount of something that there is, especially when you want to contrast it with its quality. ...the less discerning drinker who prefers quantity to quality...不求质、但求量的不那么识货的饮酒者In terms of quantity, production grew faster than ever before.从数量上看，产量增长的速度比以往任何时期都要快。4[PHRASE 短语]未知量；未知数 If you say that someone or something is an unknown quantity, you mean that not much is known about what they are like or how they will behave.   [v-link PHR]He is an unknown quantity for his rivals.对于对手们而言，他是个未知数。

英语单词	quantity
英美音标	英 ['kwɒntəti] 美 ['kwɑːntəti]
中文释义	n.量；数量；大量
英语例句	(1) This company is more concerned with quality than with quantity. (2) He ate a small quantity of rice. (3) It was a bad year for films, in terms of both quantity and quality. (4) In our work quality counts for as much as quantity. (5) The factory turns out a large quantity of paper products.
中文例句	(1) 这家公司对质量比对产量更重视。 (2) 他吃了少量的米饭。 (3) 今年的电影无论从数量上还是质量上都说不上好。 (4) 在我们的工作中，质量跟数量同等重要。 (5) 这家工厂生产大量的纸制品。
vocabulary简明	Quantity tells you “how much.” If you're concerned with quantity not quality, it's more important how many you have than how good they are.
vocabulary扩展	If you get confused about quantity vs. quality, remember that quant is close to count. In Latin, quantus means “how great” or “how much.” When you count how many oranges are in a bowl, you know the quantity. When you count the grains of sand in a desert, you're counting a very large quantity . . . and you need a new hobby.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]数量；量 A quantity is an amount that you can measure or count. ...a small quantity of water. 少量的水 ...vast quantities of food... 大量食品 The bowl needs to be re-frozen after each use, so it takes a long time to make a large quantity... 这种碗每次使用之后都需要重新冷冻，因此要做大份食物时需要很长时间。 Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand... 有一些廉价的商品，但是数量不足以满足需求。 Uranium is available in considerable quantity from various areas of the world. 可世界上许多地区都有相当数量的铀储量。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]大量；大宗；大批 Things that are produced or available in quantity are produced or available in large amounts. After some initial problems, acetone was successfully produced in quantity... 解决了最初的一些问题之后，终于成功地制造出了大量丙酮。 But even with those databases, the sheer quantity of data can still cause problems. 可是即便有了那些数据库，数据的数量之大仍然会带来问题。 3 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](尤指和质量相对的)数量 You can use quantity to refer to the amount of something that there is, especially when you want to contrast it with its quality. ...the less discerning drinker who prefers quantity to quality... 不求质、但求量的不那么识货的饮酒者 In terms of quantity, production grew faster than ever before. 从数量上看，产量增长的速度比以往任何时期都要快。 4 [PHRASE 短语]未知量；未知数 If you say that someone or something is an unknown quantity, you mean that not much is known about what they are like or how they will behave. [v-link PHR] He is an unknown quantity for his rivals. 对于对手们而言，他是个未知数。

Quantity Large Quality Count Produced Concerned Small Terms