表示“大量”短语a great deal of 用法

a great deal可单独使用，可在句中作状语，也可以用在形容词或副词的比较级前，此时不加of表示“大量；许多”； deal用来表示“大量，相当多”时不用 large修饰，而习惯用 great/good来修饰。

   We learned a great deal from them. 我们从他们那里学到很多东西。

   He ran a great deal faster than I. 他跑得比我快多了。

   He has given me a great deal of help. 他给了我很多帮助。

 

而a great deal of只能用在不可数名词前，表示“大量的”。如：

 

1)  Thanks a great deal for your help with our work.非常感谢你给我们工作上的帮助。

2)  A great deal of money was used in rescuing the victims in wenchuan earthquake. 大量的金钱被用于援救汶川地震中的受害者。

3)  He ate a great deal for supper yesterday. (n.)

4)  She is a great deal better today. (adv.)

5)  Your friendship means a great deal to me . 你的友谊对我极为珍贵。

6)  Your cooperation means much/ a great deal to us. 你们的协作对我们帮助极大／有很大的意义。

She has a great deal of experience

We waited for the report of exam with         anxiety.

A. a great deal of    B. a great number of    C. a great many     D. a plenty of

 

 

 

[解析]：选A。此处anxiety为抽象名词，排除B、C两项; D项应该为plenty of。

 

其他修饰可数或不可数的短语：

修饰可数名词:

many 

few/a few(和比较级)

a good/great many

a large/ great/ big/

small number of

many a +单数名词

more than one +单数名词

 

A great / good many words and expressions have come into the language from American English.

这门语言吸收了美国英语中的许多单词和短语。

There were scores of boxes, all waiting to be checked and loaded. 大批的箱子等着检验后装运。

 

修饰不可数名词:

much

little/a little(和比较级)

a good/great deal of

a large amount of

(谓语动词用单数)

large amounts of

 (谓语动词用复数)

He has spent a large amount of money on his new house.他在新房子上花费了许多钱。

 

 

修饰可数和不可数名词:

a lot of/lots of

plenty of

a large quantity of

(谓语动词用单数)

large quantities of

(谓语动词用复数)

谓语动词根据被修饰的名词是可数还是不可数来决定单复数形式。如：

There are a lot of / lots of people in that room. 那个房间里有许多人。

There’s a lot of / lots of rice in the bag.那只口袋里有许多大米。

There are plenty of eggs in the fridge.

冰箱里有足够的鸡蛋。

Don’t worry about it. We have plenty of time.不要着急，我们有充裕的时间。

 

【归纳拓展】

a great deal 作状语，相当于a lot

a good many, scores of, a great/ large number of只修饰可数名词

a large amount of=large amounts of修饰不可数名词，修饰主语时动词的单复数由amount决定

plenty of 可以修饰可数名词和不可数名词

a large quantity of= large quantities of可以修饰可数名词和不可数名词，修饰主语时动词的单复数由quantity决定

 

【活学活用】

1） I have learned _______ from my visit here.

A. a great many        B. a great deal   

C. a great deal of   D. a bit of

2) _______ work has been done to improve the people’s living standard.

A. Many             B. A great many   

C. A great deal of     D. A large number of

3) We have spent _______ money on English books.

A. a great deal of       B. a good many     

C. a plenty of      D. a number of

 

4. They spent ______ money on the new hospital.

A. a great deal            B. a good deal of  

C. a great many          D. a large number of

5. He possesses ______ books.

A. plenty of              B. very much  

C. a great deal of            D. an amount of