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| /ˈmeni/ |
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| 1 | a large number of people , things, places etc 许多；很多 |
| Did you get many responses to your advertisement? 你的广告得到许多回应了吗？ |
| I hadn’ t told many people I was pregnant. 我没有告诉很多人我怀孕了。 |
| I’ ve been to their house many times. 我去过他们家很多次。 |
| In many cases workers were being employed without a written contract. 在许多情况下，工人受雇却没有签书面合同。 |
| Dervla Murphy’ s latest book describes her many adventures in Nepal. 德维拉·墨菲的新作描写她在尼泊尔的许多冒险经历。 |
| The news will bring joy to many. 这条消息将给许多人带来快乐。 |
| +of Many of the world’ s leading doctors have been trained here in Edinburgh. 世界上许多顶尖医生都在爱丁堡这里受过训练。 |
| too many There are too many rules and regulations. 有太多的规章制度。 |
| a good many (=a fairly large number) We’ ve lived here for a good many years. 相当多 |
| many many/a great many (=a very large number) It all happened many many years ago. 很多；非常多 |
| He was asked a great many questions and answered them all. 别人问他很多问题，他都一一作答。 |
| not very many (=only a few) Not very many companies can afford the high cost of introducing new technology. 不是很多 |
| many a (=more than a few) No doubt she had many a tale to tell of the old days. 许多；很多 |
| many hundreds/thousands/millions Many thousands of animals died in the floods. 成千上万的动物在洪水中死去。 |
| so many The scientists have been proved wrong so many times that people no longer believe them. 那些科学家那么多次都被证明是错误的，人们不再相信他们了。 |
| | 1a | the majority of people 多数人 | | I don’ t see why the many should suffer because of the few idiots who cause trouble. 我不明白为什么多数人要因为几个惹是生非的白痴而受苦。 | |
| | 1b | a number equal to a particular number of people , things etc （和…）一样多 | | +as Jason has a lot of friends, but I think I have as many as him. 贾森有许多朋友，但我认为我的朋友和他一样多。 | | as many sth as They try to interview as many candidates as possible. 他们尽力采访尽可能多的候选人。 | | half/twice/three times etc as many This year we had twice as many visitors as in previous years. 今年我们接待的游客是去年的两倍。 | |
| | 1c | used before a number for showing how large and surprising it is 多达 | | As many as 500,000 people may have become infected with the virus. 多达500,000人可能已经感染上这种病毒。 | |
| | 1d | used for asking or talking about the number of people , things etc that there are 多少 | | How many students are taking the test? 多少学生参加考试？ | | It’ s surprising how many different varieties of pasta there are. 有那么多不同种类的面食，真是令人惊讶。 | | +of How many of you can remember the first Alfred Hitchcock film you saw? 你们中有多少人记得你们看过的阿尔弗雷德��希区柯克的第一部电影？ | |
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| - | in as many days/weeks/games etc
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| in the same number of days, weeks, games etc |
| 在同样多的天数里/周数里/比赛中等 |
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| Last season Carlos scored twelve goals in as many games. 上赛季卡洛斯在12场比赛中进了12个球。 |
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| - | many’ s the time/day etc (that)
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| used for saying that something has happened often in the past |
| 有许多时候/日子等 |
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| Many’ s the night I’ ve walked back late from town. 有许多个夜晚我很迟才从城里走回来。 |
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| LEFENTRY: many | | | | Many , a lot , and lots can be used for referring to a large number of things or people. In ordinary spoken English many is mainly used in negative sentences and in questions. It is also used in positive sentences after ‘too’ , ‘so’ , or ‘as’ many， a lot 和lots 可以用来指大量的人或物。在日常英语口语中，many 主要用于否定句和疑问句，也可以在肯定句中接在too, so 或as 后面使用: We didn’ t sell many tickets. 我们没有卖掉太多票。 Were there many children in the audience? 观众中有许多儿童吗？ You’ re trying to do too many things at once. 你想同时做太多的事情。In positive statements a lot of is usually used instead of many 在肯定句里通常用的是a lot of， 而不是many: A lot of people don’ t like the new law. 许多人不喜欢这部新法律。In written English and in formal spoken English many is used in sentences of all types. It is more formal than a lot of 在书面英语和正式的英语口语中，many 可以用在所有类型的句子中，比a lot of 更正式: Many disabled people regularly use public transport. 许多残疾人经常使用公共交通工具。In informal English, lots is often used instead of a lot of 在非正式的英语中，常使用lots， 而不是a lot of: Lots of people get divorced these days. 现在许多人离婚。 | | | |
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