amount

英 [əˈmaʊnt]

美 [əˈmaʊnt]

n.  金额; 数量; 数额
v.  合计，共计; 等同，接近

复数：amounts　过去式：amounted　第三人称单数：amounts　现在分词：amounting　过去分词：amounted　

高考CET4考研TOEFLIELTSTEM8

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.584 / COCA.782

同义词辨析

quantityaggregateamountdosage【导航词义：数量】

短语动词

短语用例

amount to sth

• 总计；共计
  to add up to sth; to make sth as a total
  1. The insurance company will refund any amount due to you.
     保险公司将退还你应得的所有款项。
  2. You will receive a bill for the full amount.
     你将收到一张全额账单。
• 等于；相当于
  to be equal to or the same as sth
  1. an amount of time/money/information
     一段时间；一笔钱；一些信息
  2. We've had an enormous amount of help from people.
     我们得到了人们大力帮助。
  3. The server is designed to store huge amounts of data.
     该服务器是为存储大量数据设计的。

习惯用语

n.

any amount of sth
• 大量
  a large quantity of sth
• There's been any amount of research into the subject.
  对这个课题已进行了大量研究。
no amount of sth
• 即使再多（或再大）（也不）
  used for saying that sth will have no effect
• No amount of encouragement would make him jump into the pool.
  再怎样鼓励，他也不肯往游泳池里跳。

牛津词典

noun

• 金额
  a sum of money
  1. The insurance company will refund any amount due to you.
     保险公司将退还你应得的所有款项。
  2. You will receive a bill for the full amount.
     你将收到一张全额账单。
• 数量；数额
  a quantity of sth
  1. an amount of time/money/information
     一段时间；一笔钱；一些信息
  2. We've had an enormous amount of help from people.
     我们得到了人们大力帮助。
  3. The server is designed to store huge amounts of data.
     该服务器是为存储大量数据设计的。

verb

verb

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 总数；总额
  Theamount ofsomething is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.
  1. He needs that amount of money to survive...
     他需要那样一笔钱以生存下去。
  2. I still do a certain amount of work for them...
     我仍然为他们做一些工作。
  3. 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 somethingamounts toa particular total, all the parts of it add up to that total.
  1. 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 isany amount ofsomething, there is a lot of it. If you say that there areany amount ofpeople or things, there are many people or things.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 afteramount of; instead you should usenumber ofwith 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）。

英英释义

noun

• how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
  Synonym:measurequantity
• the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
  1. an adequate amount of food for four people
• a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
  Synonym:sumtotal
• a quantity of money
  1. he borrowed a large sum
  2. the amount he had in cash was insufficient
  Synonym:sumsum of moneyamount of money

verb

• develop into
  1. This idea will never amount to anything
  2. nothing came of his grandiose plans
  Synonym:comeadd up
• add up in number or quantity
  1. The bills amounted to $2,000
  2. The bill came to $2,000
  Synonym:totalnumberadd upcome
• be tantamount or equivalent to
  1. Her action amounted to a rebellion

双语例句

• He did a terrific amount of fundraising
  他做了大量的筹款工作。
• A disproportionate amount of time was devoted to one topic
  纠缠在同一个话题上的时间太长了。
• A large amount of capital is invested in all these branches.
  一大笔资金投入了各分公司。
• I still do a certain amount of work for them
  我仍然为他们做一些工作。
• The system wastes a large amount of water.
  这套系统浪费了大量的水。
• They spend an inordinate amount of time talking.
  他们花在说上的时间太多了。
• We must constantly adjust the amount of money in circulation.
  我们必须对货币的流通不断进行调节。
• There's an extraordinary amount of power vested in us.
  我们被授予了巨大的权力。
• 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。
• You have to allow for a certain amount of error
  你必须将一定量的误差考虑在内。