单词 | a great/good deal |
释义 | a great/good deala great/good deal LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa large quantity of something 很多的,大量的 SYN a lot a great/good deal of It took a great deal of time and effort. 那需要花费大量时间和精力。 His work has been attracting a great deal of attention. 他的作品吸引了大量关注。 a great/good deal more/less etc (=a lot more, less etc) 多得多/少得多等 He knew a good deal more than I did. 他懂得比我多很多。 She’s married to a man a good deal older than herself. 她嫁给了一个年龄比她大许多的男人。 5 GRAMMAR 语法 Use a great/good deal of only with uncountable nouns. a great/good deal of 只能与不可数名词连用 a great deal of time/money/work 大量时间/金钱/工作 With nouns in the plural, use a lot of. 如果是名词的复数形式,则用a lot of a lot of people/animals/shops 大量的人/动物/商店 n GRAMMAR: Comparison a great/good deal of You use a great deal of or a good deal of with uncountable nouns: a great deal of money a good deal of work A great/good deal of is not used with nouns in the plural. ✗Don’t say: a great deal of people a lot ofYou can use a lot of with nouns in the plural or uncountable nouns: a lot of people a lot of trouble Examples from the Corpus a great/good deal• The movement of earthworms throughout layers can also cause a great deal of disruption, blurring the divisions.• Very frequently, speechwriters are recruited from the ranks of journalism, which accounts for a great deal.• In the last ten years, we have learned a great deal more about this interplay.• Teachers also received a great deal of support and help from both popular organizations and from communities to ease their situation.• She spoke a great deal about poetry.• A single incident suggests a great deal about Hennepinhis prudery, his belligerence, his sensitivity.• One particular candidate responding to the survey went to a great deal of trouble to commit his decidedly anti-headhunting views to paper.• Neither girl took a great deal of interest in me. → a great/good deal at deal1(1) |
随便看 |
英汉双解词典包含283110条英汉词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。