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| FUNCTION WORD |
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| /ˈplenti/ |
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| 1 | a large amount of something , or a large number of things or people , usually more than enough 大量，众多（常指过多） |
| We spent all day painting one side of the house, but there’ s still plenty left to do. 我们花了一整天粉刷房子的一面墙壁，但还剩下许多处需要继续粉刷。 |
| +of There’ s plenty of room for luggage behind the seats. 座位后面有足够的空间来装行李。 |
| I had plenty of time to think over what I was going to do. 我有充足的时间来思考自己要做什么。 |
| You’ re always complaining. Plenty of people would be happy to have your job. 你总是在抱怨，很多人要是能得到你这份工作就会很开心了。 |
| They had plenty of chances to win the game, but they lost anyway. 他们有很多赢得比赛的机会，但还是输了。 |
| plenty more There’ s plenty more ice cream in the freezer. 冰箱里还有许多冰淇淋。 |
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| 2 | AMERICAN mainly spoken used for emphasizing that there is enough or a lot of a particular quality 相当；非常 |
| Unloading our cargo kept us plenty busy for the five days at Pusan. 卸货使我们在釜山足足忙了5天。 |
| plenty big/large/strong etc enough The car’ s plenty big enough for all of us. 那辆汽车足以容纳我们所有的人。 |
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| 3 | AMERICAN mainly spoken used for saying that someone does something a lot （做某事）很多 |
| He talks plenty, but that’ s all he does – talk. 他说得很多，但他所做的也就仅仅是说说而已。 |
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| 4 | formal a situation in which large supplies of something are available , especially food （尤指食物）充足，充裕 |
| a time of plenty 富足的时期 |
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| - | in plenty mainly literary
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| used for saying that things exist or happen in large amounts or numbers |
| 供应充足；多得很 |
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| There was food in plenty for all of the men. 食物很充足，足够大家吃。 |
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