相似词语辨析【11】amount和number
<p> <span word="amount">amount</span>，<span word="number">number</span></p><p> 这一对词都能用作名词和动词，又都表示数目、总数之意，故很易混淆。</p><p> 它们之间的区别是，<span word="amount">amount</span>用于不可数名词，表示量； <span word="number">number</span>用于可数名词，表示数。例：</p><p> <span word="He">He</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="contributed">contributed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="considerable">considerable</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span>．（<span word="amount">amount</span>为名词）</p><p> 他捐了一笔为数可观的钱给香港中文大学。</p><p> <span word="Our">Our</span> <span word="expenditure">expenditure</span> <span word="amounts">amounts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fifty">fifty</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="month">month</span>．（<span word="amount">amount</span>为动词）</p><p> 我们每月的开支达五万元。</p><p> <span word="Every">Every</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span> <span word="Book">Book</span> <span word="Fair">Fair</span> <span word="draws">draws</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="visitors">visitors</span>．（<span word="number">number</span>为名词）</p><p> 每一年香港的书展吸引了大量的观众。</p><p> <span word="Today">Today</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 30，000 <span word="students">students</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="enrolled">enrolled</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="polytechnic">polytechnic</span>．</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="full">full</span>-<span word="time">time</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="over">over</span> 3，500．（<span word="number">number</span>为动词）</p><p> 现在理工学院有三万多名学生；我们系里全日制的学生已超过三千五百名。</p><p> <span word="Amount">Amount</span>除作数量、总额解外，亦可表示价值之意。例：</p><p> <span word="Your">Your</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="amount">amount</span>．（名词）</p><p> 你的情报没有什么价值。</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="unlikely">unlikely</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="forthcoming">forthcoming</span> <span word="talks">talks</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="much">much</span>．（动词）</p><p> 看来即将举行的会谈不会有多大意义。</p>
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