1. 若单独用quantity作主语,谓语动词用单数。如:
It is used to emphasize that the quantity is very large. 它用于强调数量很大。
2. 若用于a great (large, small) quantity of…结构,其后主要接不可数名词,但有时也接复数名词;这类结构用作主语时,其谓语的数原则上与其中的名词的数保持一致。如:
There are a small quantity of apples in the house. 房子里有少量的苹果。
A large quantity of food was on the table. 大量的食物摆在桌上。
3. 若该结构变成(large) quantities of…这样的形式,则当它用作主语时,其谓语动词一律用复数(与其中名词的数无关)。如:
Huge quantities of oil were spilling into the sea. 大量的石油渗到海里。
单词:quantity的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
quantity/ amount/ number/ sum
这些名词均有“总数、总量”之意。
quantity 书面用词,指事物的总量和总数量,侧重大批计量,含准确测量的意味。
amount 普通用词,与quantity近义,但强调整体,指把所有数量、重量及度量归并在一起得出的总数。
number 普通用词,指人或物的数目,强调数的概念。
sum 普通用词,指简单加算的结果。
与单词:quantity 相关的例句或者名人名言
I eat a large quantity of food every day.
我每天都吃大量的食物。
We can supply any reasonable quantity of this merchandise.
对彼商品,我们能供应任何适当的数量。
To load (a gun or other firearm) with a quantity of explosive.
为(枪炮或其他火器)装入一定的弹药。
N-COUNT. 基准;水准点;衡量尺度. A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
I prefer quality to quantity.
我重质胜过重量。
※Quality is better than quantity. 质重于量。
※Quality matters more than quantity. 质比量重要.