| 单词 | many |
| 释义 | man·y /ˈmeni/ ●●● S1 W1 determiner, pronoun, adjective 1 LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa large number of people or things 许多 OPP few → more, most, much Many people have to use a car to travel to work. 许多人不得不开车上班。 I don’t have many friends. 我的朋友不多。 She has lived in Spain for many years. 她在西班牙已经生活多年。 Do you get many visitors? 你们这儿参观者多吗？ Some of the houses have bathrooms but many do not. 有些房子有浴室，但许多房子没有。 His third novel is regarded by many (=a lot of people) as his best. 他的第三部小说被很多人认为是最好的。many of Many of our staff work part-time. 我们很多员工都是兼职的。 There are plenty of bars, many of them serving excellent food. 有很多酒吧，其中有许多都提供精美的食物。 There are so many things we disagree about. 很多事情上我们都合不来。 Not many (=only a few) people can afford my services. 没有多少人能享受得起我的服务。 You’ve been reading too many romantic novels (=more than you should). 你爱情小说看得太多了。 One job loss is one too many (=one more than is acceptable, needed etc). 哪怕失去一个工作岗位也太多了。the many people/things etc We should like to thank the many people who have written to us offering their support. 我们要感谢许许多多来信表示愿意提供支持的人。many hundreds/thousands/millions military equipment worth many millions of dollars 价值好几百万美元的军事装备a great many/a good many/very many (=a very large number) 大量的 Most of the young men went off to the war, and a great many never came back. 大多数年轻人去参加战争，其中有很多人再也没回来。 It all happened a good many years ago. 这都是很多年以前的事了。n RegisterMany sounds formal in positive statements. In everyday English, people usually say a lot of.A lot of people use a car to get to work.There were a lot of people at the wedding.2 how many used to ask or talk about how large a number or quantity is 多少〔询问或谈论数量〕 How many sisters do you have? 你有几个姊妹？ I didn’t know how many tickets to buy. 我不知道要买几张票。3 as many SAMEa number that is equal to another number 一样多，同样数目 They say the people of Los Angeles speak 12 languages and teach just as many in the schools. 据说洛杉矶人讲12种语言，而且在学校里也教12种语言。as many (...) as Grandfather claimed to have as many medals as the general. 祖父声称他拥有的勋章和将军一样多。 There weren’t as many people at the meeting as we had hoped. 参加会议的人数没有我们期望的那么多。in as many days/weeks/games etc A great trip! We visited five countries in as many days (=in five days). 旅行很棒！我们五天去了五个国家。twice/three times etc as many The company now employs four times as many women as men. 公司现在雇用的女职员是男职员的四倍。4 as many as 50/1,000 etc used to emphasize how surprisingly large a number is 多达50/1,000等〔用于强调数目之大〕 As many as 10,000 civilians are thought to have fled the area. 据信有一万名之多的平民逃离了该地区。5 many a something formal or old-fashioned a large number of people or things 很多，许多 Many a parent has had to go through this same painful process. 很多父母都不得不经历这一痛苦的过程。 I’ve sat here many a time (=often) and wondered what happened to her. 我常常坐在这儿琢磨她发生了什么事情。6 many’s the time/day etc (that/when) old-fashionedOFTEN used to say that a particular thing has happened often （有）许多次/天等〔用以表示某事经常发生〕 Many’s the time we’ve had to borrow money in order to get through the month. 有许多次我们不得不借钱以撑到月底。7 have had one too many informalDRUNK to be drunk 喝醉了 Don’t pay any attention to him – he’s had one too many. 别理他——他喝醉了。8 many thanks written used especially in letters to thank someone for something 非常感谢〔尤用于书信〕many thanks for Many thanks for your letter of 17 March. 很感谢您3月17日的来信。9 the many formalPERSON/PEOPLE a very large group of people, especially the public in general 一大群人〔尤指公众〕 This war is another example of the few sacrificing their lives for the many. 这场战争又是一个少数人为多数人牺牲生命的例子。 → in as many words at word15 GRAMMAR 语法• If you are talking about a type of person or thing in general rather than a specific group, do not use ’of’ after many . 若泛指而非特指某人或某物时，many后不跟ofMany people (NOT 不说 Many of people) hate some aspects of their work.许多人都讨厌自己工作中的某些方面。• Do not use ‘and’ after many and before an adjective. 在many之后、形容词之前不用andWe saw many interesting things (NOT 不说 many and interesting things).我们看到许多有意思的东西。n GRAMMAR: Patterns with many• You use many before plural nouns to talk about people or things in general: Many people were against the decision.• You say many of the: Many of the houses are empty. ✗Don’t say: many of houses• You say many of my/her/his etc or many of them/us/you: Many of her friends have already left home.Many of them are excellent. • You use many directly before an adjective: We saw many interesting things. 我们看到许多有意思的东西。 ✗Don’t say: We saw many and interesting things. THESAURUSmany a large number of people or things – used in everyday English in questions and negative sentences, and after ‘too’ and ‘so’. In formal or written English, you can also use it in other sentences 许多〔在日常英语中用于疑问句和否定句中及too和so之后；在正式或书面英语中也可用于其他句型〕There weren’t many people at the meeting. 没有多少人来参加会议。Did you get many birthday presents? 你收到许多生日礼物吗？Many people voted against the proposal. 许多人对这项提议投了反对票。a lot many. A lot is less formal than many and is the usual phrase to use in everyday English 大量，许多〔a lot不如many正式，是日常英语中常用的短语〕A lot of tourists visit Venice in the summer. 夏天有许多游客到威尼斯旅游。The club has a lot more members now. 这家俱乐部现在多了许多会员。dozens/hundreds/thousands/millions many – used when you cannot be exact but the number is two dozen or more, two hundred or more etc 许多/数以百计/数以千计/数以百万计At least five people died and dozens more were injured in a gas explosion. 在一次煤气爆炸中,至少有五人死亡,更有多人受伤。They’ve wasted thousands of pounds on the project. 他们已经在这个项目上浪费了数千英镑。a large number of written a lot of a particular type of person or thing 大量，很多〔指某类人或物〕China plans to build a large number of nuclear power plants. 中国计划建造大量的核电站。numerous formal many – used especially when saying that something has happened many times 许多的，很多的〔尤指已多次发生的事〕We’ve contacted him on numerous occasions. 我们已多次与他联系。Numerous studies have shown a link between smoking and lung cancer. 无数的研究表明吸烟和肺癌之间有关联。countless/innumerable /ɪˈnjuːmərəbəl $ ɪˈnuː-/ [only before noun] many – used when it is impossible to count or imagine how many. Innumerable is more formal than countless 不可胜数的〔innumerable比countless 正式〕He spent countless hours in the gym. 他花了大量时间在健身房锻炼。They had been given innumerable warnings. 他们已收到过无数次警告。a host of many – used especially when something seems surprising or impressive 许多，大量〔尤指令人惊讶或令人印象深刻〕Age is the biggest risk factor in a host of diseases. 年龄是多种疾病最大的危险因素。People leave jobs for a whole host of reasons. 人们离职的原因多种多样。a raft of many – used especially when talking about ideas, suggestions, changes in business or politics 许多，大量〔尤指商业或政治上的理念、建议、变化〕The report made a raft of recommendations. 报告提出了许多建议。The new government is planning a whole raft of changes. 新一届政府计划进行多方面的改革。quite a few especially spoken a fairly large number of people or things 相当多，不少We’ve had quite a few problems with the software. 这个软件我们遇到了不少问题。I’ve met quite a few of his friends. 我见过他的好多朋友。lots informal many 大量，许多I’ve invited lots of people. 我邀请了许多人。‘How many cats has she got?’ ‘Lots!’ “她有多少只猫？”“好多呢！”tons/loads informal many – a very informal use 很多，大量〔相当非正式的用法〕I’ve got tons of books. 我有很多很多书。Have a strawberry – there are loads here. 吃个草莓吧——这儿有好多呢。Examples from the Corpusmany hundreds/thousands/millions• You rarely run into people you know in London; there are too many millions.• That progress was now direly slow, with many hundreds of cattle to herd, however expert some of the herders.• What do the petitions do but name many thousands of folk?• Today, many thousands of men like Michael have died of Aids.• Unfortunately, this is not the case with many millions of people whose backache is worse after even a short drive.• Last year this formula robbed East Cumbria and my constituents of many thousands of pounds.• How could I possibly find mine when there were so many hundreds of them, and so many black ones?• One year they are present, striving instinctively to maintain an existence many thousands of years old.Origin many Old English manigman·y determiner →5 GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2 →n REGISTER1 →THESAURUS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable a things of or large Corpus number people |
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