- N-VAR 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。
- VERB 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。
- PHRASE 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。
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)。