amount,number 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。 它们之间的区别是,amount用于不可数名词,表示量; number用于可数名词,表示数。例: He has contributed a considerable amount of money to the Chinese University of Hong Kong.(amount为名词) 他捐了一笔为数可观的钱给香港中文大学。 Our expenditure amounts to fifty thousand dollars a month.(amount为动词) 我们每月的开支达五万元。 Every year the Hong Kong Book Fair draws a large number of visitors.(number为名词) 每一年香港的书展吸引了大量的观众。 Today more than 30,000 students are enrolled in the polytechnic. The full-time students in our department number over 3,500.(number为动词) 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。 Amount除作数量、总额解外,亦可表示价值之意。例: Your information is of little amount.(名词) 你的情报没有什么价值。 It is unlikely that the forthcoming talks will amount to very much.(动词) 看来即将举行的会谈不会有多大意义。 |