amount

一、真题好句

amount / E5maunt /
noun
[C, U] 1. a sum of money
金额:
The insurance company will refund any amount due to you.
保险公司将赔偿你应得的所有款项。
You will receive a bill for the full amount.
你将收到一张全部金额的账单。
2. ~ (of sth) (used especially with uncountable nouns 尤与不可数名词连用) a quantity of sth
数量；数额:
an amount of time / money / information
一段时间；一笔钱；一些信息
We’ve had an enormous amount of help from people.
我们得到了人们大力帮助。
The server is designed to store huge amounts of data.
该服务器是为存贮大量数据设计的。
IDIOMS
▪ any amount of sth
a large quantity of sth
大量:
There’s been any amount of research into the subject.
对这个课题已进行了大量研究。
▪ no amount of sth
used for saying that sth will have no effect
即使再多(或再大)(也不):
No amount of encouragement would make him jump into the pool.
再怎样鼓励,他也不肯往游泳池里跳。
verb
PHRASAL VERBS
▪ a’mount to sth
1. to add up to sth; to make sth as a total
总计；共计:
His earnings are said to amount to £300 000 per annum.
据说他每年的酬金高达 30 万英镑。
They gave me some help in the beginning but it did not amount to much (= they did not give me much help).
起初他们给了我一些帮助,但帮助不大。
2. to be equal to or the same as sth
等于；相当于:
Her answer amounted to a complete refusal.
她的答覆等于完全拒绝。
Their actions amount to a breach of contract.
他们的行为已属违反合同。
It’ll cost a lot—well, take a lot of time, but it amounts to the same thing.
付出会很多——哦,得花大量时间,不过反正都是一回事。

amount1 /əˈmaʊnt/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable, uncountable] 1  a quantity of something such as time, money, or a substance 数量，数额
amount of
They spend equal amounts of time in California and New York.
他们在加利福尼亚和纽约待的时间同样长。
a considerable/large/enormous etc amount
a considerable amount of money
一大笔钱
a small/tiny etc amount
a tiny amount of dirt
一点点灰尘
Please pay the full amount (=of money) by the end of the month.
请在月底前全额付清。
2  used to talk about how much there is of a feeling or quality 〔感情、特质的〕程度
a large/considerable etc amount of something
Her case has attracted an enormous amount of public sympathy.
她的情况得到了无数民众的同情。
a certain/fair amount of something
Dina encountered a fair amount of envy among her colleagues.
迪娜遭到不少同事的嫉妒。
3  no amount of something can/will etc do something used to say that something has no effect 即使再多[再大]…也毫无结果[毫无影响] No amount of persuasion could make her change her mind.
怎么劝也无法让她改变主意。
4  any amount of something used to say that there is plenty of something, and no more is needed 很多，充足
The school has any amount of resources and equipment.
这所学校拥有充足的资源和设备。
 THESAURUS
amount2 ●○○ verb
1 amount to something phrasal verb
a) if figures, sums etc amount to a particular total, they equal that total when they are added together 〔数量上〕达到，总计
Time lost through illness amounted to 1,357 working days.
因疾病而损失的时间总计为1,357个工作日。
b) if an attitude, remark, situation etc amounts to something, it has the same effect 等于，相当于
The court’s decision amounts to a not guilty verdict.
法庭的裁决等于是宣判无罪。
Ultimately, their ideas amount to the same thing.
归根结底，他们的想法都是一回事。
c) not amount to much/anything/a great deal etc to not be important, valuable, or successful 没多少意义[价值，成就等] Her academic achievements don’t amount to much.
她的学习成绩不怎么样。
Jim’s never going to amount to much.
吉姆永远不会有多大出息。
Origin amount2 (1300-1400) Old French amonter, from amont “upward”, from mont “mountain”

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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.

【搭配模式】：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.

【语法信息】：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

1 amount /əˈmaʊnt/ noun
plural amounts [count] 1
: a quantity of something数量
The drug is not being produced in adequate amounts.
这种药当下的产量不足。
— usually + of
They are not producing an adequate amount of the drug. [=they are not producing enough of the drug] 他们没有足量生产这种药。
A considerable/fair/great/large/tremendous amount of research went into the report.
这份报告包含了大量的研究成果。
Be sure to add the right amount of salt.
确保加入适量的盐。
She spent amazing/enormous amounts of time planning her garden.
她花了大量时间规划自己的花园。
There’s a certain amount of truth to/in what you say. [=there is some truth in what you say] 你所说的有一些是事实。
The new law limits the amount of money a candidate can spend.
这条新法规限定了候选人竞选开销的金额。
We have any amount of available resources. = We have a large amount of available resources.
我们有大量可用资源。
No amount of money can make up for their loss. [=money cannot make up for their loss] 多少钱都不能弥补他们的损失。
2
: a quantity of money钱数
What is the amount to be paid?
该付多少钱？
An amount was finally agreed upon.
大家最终在钱数上达成了一致。
The new law limits the amount a candidate can spend.
这条新法规限定了候选人竞选开销的金额。
When he died we found he owed money to/in the amount of $250,000!
他死后，我们发现他欠债高达25万美元！
Usage用法Amount is chiefly used with noncount nouns.*Amount主要与不可数名词连用。
He lost a large amount of money.
他损失了一大笔钱。
a minimum amount of effort
最少的努力
They provided only a small amount of information.
他们只提供了少量信息。
It is also sometimes used with plural count nouns, but this use is often criticized as an error.*Amount有时也与复数可数名词连用，但这一用法常被批评为是错误的。
There were a large amount of mistakes.
有大量错误。
Number is the usual word in such contexts.这样的语境下通常用number。
a large number of mistakes
大量的错误
an increasing number of problems
越来越多的问题
2 amount /əˈmaʊnt/ verb
amounts; amounted; amounting
amount to [phrasal verb] 1
amount to (something)
: to produce (a total) when added together合计；共计
The bill amounted to 10 dollars.
账单共计10美元。
They have debts amounting to thousands of dollars.
他们欠债达几千美元。
The number of people taking part amounted to no more than a few hundred.
参加人员只有几百人。
2
: to turn out to be (something or someone important, impressive, etc.)结果是（重大事件、重要人物等）
The problems didn’t amount to much. [=the problems were not very bad] 问题没那么严重。
I don’t think he’ll ever amount to anything. [=achieve success] 我认为他不会有什么成绩
3
: to be the same in meaning or effect as (something)等同；相当于
acts that amount to treason
相当于叛国的行为
Anything less than total victory would amount to failure/failing. [=would be the same as failure/failing] 若非完胜无异于失败。