amount/ə'maʊnt/

n. a quantity of sth, e.g. money

v. [~ to sth]

➊ be the same as sth

➋ add up to a total number

n. [C] 数量，数额：[an amount of +不可数名词+v.单] A large amount of money is required. 需要一大笔钱。

◇an amount of time 一些时间

◇[amounts of +不可数名词+ v.复] Large amounts of money were wasted. 大把大把的钱被浪费了。

◇Had I known about this computer program, a huge amount of time would have been saved. 要是我了解这个电脑程序，本可以节省大量的时间。

v. [~ to sth]

➊ 等于，相当于：Her reply amounted to an apology. 她的回答等于是道歉。

➋ 总计，共计：The company's debts amounted to 1 billion dollars. 这家公司的债务总计10亿美元。

音组-mount/-maʊnt/

amount; mount

常犯错误

✗ the amount of visitors

✓ the number of visitors 游客的数目

用法an amount of sth与动词的单数形式连用，若是复数amounts of sth时，动词要用复数形式。quantity of 后接不可数名词时，其谓语动词的单复数形式使用规则同amount of sth。

辨析amount; number