many/'menɪ/

a. used to refer to a large number of things or people

pron. a large number of people or things

➭ cf. more/mɔːr $ mɔːr/

➭ sf. most/məʊst $ moʊst/

a. 许多的：There weren't many people in the park. 公园里没有多少人。

◇Many students like this English song. 许多学生喜欢这首英文歌。

◇There're too many errors in your answer. 你的答案中错误太多了。

pron. 许多人（或物）：Some people will come, but many (=many people) will not. 一些人要来，但有很多人不来。

◇[many of the/his + 可数名词复数+ v. 复] Many of his friends are music lovers. 他的许多朋友都是音乐爱好者。

◇[as many as ...] As many as 20 students didn't attend the meeting. 多达20个学生没有参加会议。

a great many ... 大量，许多：[a great many +可数名词复数+ v. 复] A great many houses were destroyed. 好多房子被摧毁了。

how many 多少：How many brothers do you have? 你有几个兄弟？

◇How many do you need? 你需要多少（个）？

常犯错误

✗ A great many of houses were destroyed.

✓ A great many houses were destroyed. 很多房子被损毁。

常犯错误

✗ Many us preferred to wait.

✓ Many of us preferred to wait. 我们中的大多数人都愿意等。

辨析a lot of; many; much

辨析as many as ...; as much as ...