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a lot
used with verbs to mean ‘a great amount’(与动词连用)非常- I care a lot about you.我非常在乎你。
- Thanks a lot for your help.非常感谢你的帮助。
- I play tennis quite a lot (= often) in the summer.我夏天常打网球。
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a lot
(also informal lots)
used with adjectives and adverbs to mean ‘much’(与形容词和副词连用)很,非常- I'm feeling a lot better today.我今天感觉好多了。
- I spend a lot more time with my family now.我现在花更多的时间和家人在一起。
- I eat lots less than I used to.我比以前吃得少多了。
- Are you sure he 's not Mark ? He looks an awful lot like him.你确定他不是马克吗?他看起来很像他。
- I got into the city centre a whole lot quicker than expected. 我比预期的更快地进入了市中心。
Word OriginOld English hlot (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lot, German Los. The original meaning was ‘by lot’ and (by extension) the sense ‘a portion assigned to someone’; this gave rise to the other noun senses. The pronoun and adverb uses date from the early 19th cent.
Grammar Point much / a lot of / lots ofmuch / a lot of / lots of- Much is used only with uncountable nouns. It is used mainly in questions and negative sentences:much 只与不可数名词连用,主要用于疑问句和否定句中:
- Do you have much free time?你空闲时间多吗?
- How much experience have you had?你经验如何?
- I don’t have much free time.我没有多少空闲时间。
- In statements a lot of or lots of (informal) is much more common:在陈述句中 a lot of 或 lots of(非正式)常用得多:
- ‘How much (money) does she earn?“她挣多少(钱)?”
- She earns a lot of money.她挣很多钱。
You can also use plenty (of). These phrases can also be used in questions and negative sentences.亦可用 plenty (of)。以上短语亦可用于疑问句和否定句中。 - A lot of/lots of is still felt to be informal, especially in British English, so in formal writing it is better to use much, a great deal of or a large amount of.
- Very much and a lot can be used as adverbs:very much 和 a lot 可作副词:
- I miss my family very much.我很想念我的家人。
- I miss very much my family.
- I miss my family a lot.我很想念我的家人。
- Thanks a lot.多谢。
In negative sentences you can use much:在否定句中可用 much:- I didn’t enjoy the film (very) much.我不大喜欢这部影片。