喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can think of amount as the answer to 'how much?' for things you measure rather than count one by one — a body of water, money, or time that you picture as bigger or smaller, never as a number of separate items.

可以想成 amount 回答的是「有多少？」這個問題，但針對的是不能一個一個數的東西——水、錢、時間這類像一團、一片…更多收起可以想成 amount 回答的是「有多少？」這個問題，但針對的是不能一個一個數的東西——水、錢、時間這類像一團、一片的量。你腦中浮現的是它「多」還是「少」、那一團有多大，而不是幾個分開的東西。

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

amountnoun/əˈmaʊnt/

  • 1

    The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

    • The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.
  • 2

    A quantity or volume.

    • Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
    • The dogs need different amounts of food.
  • 3

    The number (the sum) of elements in a set.

    • The final amount of students who have participated to mobility for the period 1995-1999 is held to be around 460 000.

amountverb/əˈmaʊnt/

  • 1

    To total or evaluate.

    • The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars and change.
  • 2

    To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of.

    • He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
    • His response amounted to gross insubordination.
  • 3

    obsoleteTo go up; to ascend.

    • So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。