amount
amount
noun
any amount of
noun
- a quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent
数量，总额，量
sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people.
运动给许多人带来无穷乐趣。
the substance is harmless if taken in small amounts.
这种物质如果只吃一点点是没有害的。
■a sum of money
一笔钱
they have spent a colossal amount rebuilding the stadium.
他们花巨资重建体育馆。
- [no obj.](amount to)come to be (the total) when added together
总计
losses amounted to over 10 million pounds.
损失总计超过1,000万英镑。
■be the equivalent of
等同
their actions amounted to a conspiracy.
他们的行动简直是阴谋。
any amount of
- a great deal or number of
极大量的
the second half produced any amount of action.
下半场十分激烈。
- not even the greatest possible amount of
即使再多…也不
no amount of talk is going to change anything.
谈得再多也不会有任何改变。
- Middle English (as a verb): from Old French amunter, from amont 'upward', literally 'uphill', from Latin ad montem. The noun use dates from the early 18th cent
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