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From the word’s history

From Old French amonter 'to amount to', from amont 'upward', from Latin ad montem 'to the mountain'.

源自古法文 amont（往上），來自拉丁文 ad montem「往山上」。

Wiktionary

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。

Two branches

可量的多少（量）

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quantity/amount · noun

How much there is of something you cannot count one by one, like time, money, water, or sand.

數量 / 量

固定句型裡的「量」

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no amount of something · noun

Used in the phrase 'no amount of' to say that something has no effect, however much of it there is.

再多……也沒用

amounts

意思相近

quantitysumvolumedegreelevelplenty oflots ofloads of

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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.

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