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3. amount, total ,sum, number
辨析这几个同义词,主要是在两个词义上进行辨析,表示“总数、总额”之意时,在amount,
total, sum, number之间辨析;表示“数量上很多许多”时,在amount, number之间辨析。
我们先看下面的句子:
1) The (total) amount of money paid to the city last month reached $ three billion .
2)The (total) number of people present at the meeting last night reached 30,000.
从上两句,我们至少可以归纳如下:
表达“总数”之意时,amount总是和不可数名词搭配,如money, water, food等等;number
则总是和可数名词搭配,如people, book, country等,表示“什么什么的总数”。二者意思完全一
样,差异主要体现在语法上对用法的规定有所不同而已。
表示“总数”时,不论amount或number,均可加total,或不加,意思不变。
还是上述两句话,我们来看total使用:
The money in total paid to the city last month reached $ three billion.
The people in total present at the meeting last night reached 30,000.
A total of $ three billion was paid to the city last month.
A total of 30,000 people were present at the meeting last night.
对于total表示“总数、总额”的用法,我们至少可以归纳出下面几点:
1)total表示“总数、总额”时,既可以与不可数名词搭配,又可以与可数名词搭配;
2)total可以分别以in total和a total of的短语形式出现,表示“总数、总额”
sum:sum这个词只有一个意思,即“总金额”,因此当然也就总是和money连用。
注意它的语法用法,用a,the时的情况:
1)The sum/ The sum of money was $ 300.总金额三百。
2)I paid him a sum of $ 300.共支付他三百块。
表示“总金额”时,amount和sum可以互换,上面的sum均可换成amount,意思不变, the
sum of money = the amount of money。
要想表示“一共多少钱?”可以说:How much is it? What isthe sum (of money)? What is the
amount (of money)? 或What is the money in total?
amount,number均可表示“数量很多”,有一点仍然需要记住:amount只与不可数名词搭
配,number与可数名词搭配。
The amount of paperwork was great.案头工作堆如山。
The amount of energy was increasing.能量在增加。
A number of songs; a number of days,好多歌曲,好多天
total, sum, number之间辨析;表示“数量上很多许多”时,在amount, number之间辨析。
我们先看下面的句子:
1) The (total) amount of money paid to the city last month reached $ three billion .
2)The (total) number of people present at the meeting last night reached 30,000.
从上两句,我们至少可以归纳如下:
表达“总数”之意时,amount总是和不可数名词搭配,如money, water, food等等;number
则总是和可数名词搭配,如people, book, country等,表示“什么什么的总数”。二者意思完全一
样,差异主要体现在语法上对用法的规定有所不同而已。
表示“总数”时,不论amount或number,均可加total,或不加,意思不变。
还是上述两句话,我们来看total使用:
The money in total paid to the city last month reached $ three billion.
The people in total present at the meeting last night reached 30,000.
A total of $ three billion was paid to the city last month.
A total of 30,000 people were present at the meeting last night.
对于total表示“总数、总额”的用法,我们至少可以归纳出下面几点:
1)total表示“总数、总额”时,既可以与不可数名词搭配,又可以与可数名词搭配;
2)total可以分别以in total和a total of的短语形式出现,表示“总数、总额”
sum:sum这个词只有一个意思,即“总金额”,因此当然也就总是和money连用。
注意它的语法用法,用a,the时的情况:
1)The sum/ The sum of money was $ 300.总金额三百。
2)I paid him a sum of $ 300.共支付他三百块。
表示“总金额”时,amount和sum可以互换,上面的sum均可换成amount,意思不变,
sum of money = the amount of money。
要想表示“一共多少钱?”可以说:How much is it? What isthe sum (of money)? What is the
amount (of money)? 或What is the money in total?
amount,number均可表示“数量很多”,有一点仍然需要记住:amount只与不可数名词搭
配,number与可数名词搭配。
The amount of paperwork was great.案头工作堆如山。
The amount of energy was increasing.能量在增加。
A number of songs; a number of days,好多歌曲,好多天