a large number of和a large amount of的区别为:意思不同、用法不同、使用场合不同。
一、意思不同
1.a large number of意思:许多的
2.a large amount of意思:大量
二、用法不同
1.a large number of用法:通常用来指形状、面积、数量、范围或规模等方面的“大”,作“数目,数量”解,其后常与介词of连用,引申可表示语法上名词或动词的“数”或“数词”。
2.a large amount of用法:用来修饰抽象事物如程度、能力、权力等,表示“广博的,宽大的”“慷慨的,夸张的”等,用于表示“量”“额”,如重量、金额等。
三、使用场合不同
1.a large number of解析:a large number of +可数名词复数。
2.a large amount of解析:a large amount of+不可数名词(且是无生命的名词)。
1.a large number of +可数名词复数
短语:
a very large number of 许许多多的 ; 一笔很大的数目 ; 许多 ; 意为
A particularly large number of 特别多
a fairly large number of 相当大一部分
2.a large amount of+不可数名词(且是无生命的名词)
A very large amount of 一笔很大的数目
a large amount of money 一大笔钱 ; 大量金钱 ; 一笔很大的数目的钱 ; 大宗款项
A large amount of information 大量信息
1.a large number of 例句
This is especially valuable for organizations with a large number of applications that cannot beall migrated at once.
对于那些具有很多应用程序,而又不能一次全部移植的组织来说是非常有用的。
The idea behind diversification is to invest in a large number of assets so that a loss in anyparticular investment is minimized by gains in others.
多元化背后的想法是投资一个数额巨大的资产,这样任何特定投资的损失都被其他投资获得的收益最小化了。
2.a large amount of例句
Strings and character arrays occupy a large amount of space in a typical business application,so they are another area worthy of analysis.
字符串和字符数组在典型的业务应用程序中占用了大量的空间,所以它们是另一个值得分析的方面。
Note: In Listing 14, the SALES_FACT table is populated in a single transaction, which will require a large amount of disk space for logging.
注意:在清单 14 中,SALES_FACT 表是通过单独一个事务填充完成的,这需要占用大量的磁盘空间来记录日志。
只能修饰可数名词的:a large/ great/ good number of, a good/ great many, dozens of, scores of, quite a few
只能修饰不可数名词的:a great deal of, a large amount of, quite a little,a large sum of
既可修饰可数也可修饰不可数名词的:plenty of, a lot of, lots of, a large quantity of, a good supply of
简而言之,前者后面接可数名词;后者后面接不可数名词;二者表达的意思是,都是大量的。
1、a large number of sb/sth,后面的谓语动词,必须用复数形式:
A large number of people have applied for the job.
2、a large amount of sth,尤与不可数名词连用:
a large amount of time/money/information/help, etc
a large amount of sth = a large quantity of sth
需要特殊说明的是: the number of sb/sth 后面的谓语动词,用单数;而 a number of sb/sth 后面的谓语动词,需要用复数。
a large number of 用来修饰可数名词,例如a large number of apples, a large number of students;
a large amount of 用来修饰不可数名词,例如a large amount of water, a large amount of cash