many
determiner, pronoun OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈmeni/
/ˈmeni/
Idioms 许多(与复数名词及动词连用,尤用于否定句或正式用语,表示大量;也用于疑问句以询问数字大小,并可与 as、so 和 too 连用) - We don't have very many copies left.
我们所剩的册数不多。 - You can't have one each. We haven't got many.
你们不能一人一个。我们没有很多。 - Many people feel that the law should be changed.
许多人都觉得这项法律应该修改。 - Many of those present disagreed.
许多到场的人都不同意。 - How many children do you have?
你有几个孩子? - There are too many mistakes in this essay.
这篇文章错误太多。 - He made ten mistakes in as many (= in ten) lines.
他在十行中就出了十个错。 - New drivers have twice as many accidents as experienced drivers.
新手司机所出的事故是熟练司机的两倍。 - Don't take so many.
别拿这么多。 - I've known her for a great many (= very many) years.
我认识她好多好多年了。 - Even if one person is hurt that is one too many.
即使伤一个人,都嫌太多。 - It was one of my many mistakes.
这是我犯的许多错误中的一个。 - a many-headed monster
一只多头怪兽
Grammar Point many / a lot (of) / lots (of)many / a lot (of) / lots (of)- Many is used only with countable nouns. It is used mainly in questions and negative sentences:
many 只与可数名词连用,主要用于疑问句和否定句中: - Do you go to many concerts?
你常去听音乐会吗? - How many people came to the meeting?
多少人来参加了会议? - I don’t go to many concerts.
我不常去听音乐会。
该词在陈述句中不很常用,但用于 so、as 和 too 之后: - You made too many mistakes.
你犯的错误太多了。
- Do you go to many concerts?
- In statements a lot (of) or lots (of) (informal) are much more common:
在陈述句中 a lot of 或 lots of(非正式)常用得多: - I go to a lot of concerts.
我常去听音乐会。 - ‘How many shows did you see?’ ‘Lots!’
“你看了几场演出,”。“很多,”。
不过,上述词语不与表示时间和距离的量词连用: - I stayed in England for many/quite a few/ten weeks.
我在英格兰逗留了许多周/好几周/十周。 - I stayed in England a lot of weeks.
- Lots of people like Italian food.
许多人喜欢意大利食物。
亦可用 plenty of(非正式): - Plenty of stores stay open late.
许多商店都营业到很晚。
以上短语亦可用于疑问句和否定句中。 - I go to a lot of concerts.
- A lot of/lots of is still felt to be informal, especially in British English, so in formal writing it is better to use many or a large number of in statements.
- We don't have very many copies left.
- the manyused with a plural verb to mean ‘most people’
(与复数动词连用)大多数人 - a government which improves conditions for the many
为大多数人改善生活条件的政府
- a government which improves conditions for the many
- many a(formal) used with a singular noun and verb to mean ‘a large number of’
(与单数名词及动词连用)许多,大量 - Many a good man has been destroyed by drink.
许多好人都毁在了饮酒上。
- Many a good man has been destroyed by drink.
词源Old English manig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch menig and German manch.
Idioms
as many as…
- used to show surprise that the number of people or things involved is so large
(表示惊讶)多达,如此多 - There were as many as 200 people at the lecture.
听讲的有 200 人之多。
- There were as many as 200 people at the lecture.
have had one too many
- (informal) to be slightly drunk
微醉;醉意朦胧
many’s the…
- (formal) used to show that something happens often
许多次;常常 - Many's the time I heard her use those words.
我不只一次听她说过那样的话。
- Many's the time I heard her use those words.