✨ 语义深度解析 ⋮
amount
高考核心词 作文加分词 难度 2/5 ⏱ 3 分钟
核心
量——不可数名词用 amount，可数用 number；动词 amount to = 合计/相当于
释义
1
n.数量，总量（接不可数名词）
The amount of plastic waste produced globally each year is estimated to exceed 380 million tonnes.
全球每年产生的塑料垃圾总量估计超过3.8亿吨。
2
v.合计（amount to + 数字）
The total financial losses caused by the cyberattack are estimated to amount to over two hundred million dollars.
此次网络攻击造成的总财务损失估计合计超过两亿美元。
3
v.相当于，等同于（amount to + 行为）
Refusing to acknowledge the problem, as the report suggests, amounts to a serious dereliction of duty.
如报告所示，拒绝承认问题相当于严重失职。
语感
amount of + 不可数名词；number of + 可数名词——最高频语法陷阱之一
数量，总量（名词）合计（动词 amount to）相当于（动词 amount to）
陷阱
⚠️a large amount of + 不可数名词（× 可数名词）
✗
A large amount of countries have pledged to reduce their carbon emissions by at least thirty per cent over the next twenty years.
大量国家承诺在未来二十年内将碳排放减少至少30%。（× a large amount of countries → ✓ a large number of countries）
amount of 后接不可数名词；countries 是可数名词复数，应用 number of；× a large amount of countries → ✓ a large number of countries
✓
A large number of countries have pledged to reduce their carbon emissions by at least thirty per cent over the next twenty years.
大量国家承诺在未来二十年内将碳排放减少至少30%。
⚠️amount to（相当于）：比喻用法
The government's repeated delays in passing the legislation amount to a failure of political will.
✗
amount to = add up to（数字合计），此句没有数字，所以 amount to 用错了
✓
amount to 有两个义项：① 数字合计（the costs amount to $X）；② 相当于，等同于（比喻义：his behaviour amounts to fraud = 他的行为相当于欺诈）；此句 amount to a failure of political will = 相当于政治意愿的失败（比喻义），完全正确；两个义项都是固定用法
政府在通过立法方面的一再拖延相当于政治意愿的失败。（amount to = 相当于，比喻义；不限于数字合计）
近义辨析
amount vs quantity
amount amount（数量，通常接不可数名词：a large amount of money） quantity quantity（数量，更正式，可接可数或不可数名词：a large quantity of goods = 大量货物）
The amount of time students spend on homework each night has increased significantly over the past two decades.
学生每晚花在作业上的时间总量在过去二十年中显著增加。
Manufacturers are required to declare the precise quantity of each ingredient used in food products.
制造商须申报食品中每种成分的精确用量。
写作加分
✨ 加分词
替换：a lot ofmuchmany
环境议论文社会问题话题公共健康话题
普通
People waste a lot of water every day.
人们每天浪费大量水资源。
加分 ✨
The staggering amount of fresh water wasted through inefficient irrigation and ageing infrastructure each year highlights the urgent need for comprehensive water management reform.
每年因低效灌溉和老化基础设施浪费的惊人水量，凸显了全面推进水资源管理改革的迫切需要。
常用搭配
a large / huge / significant amount of + 不可数名词大量…（接不可数名词）
a large / significant number of + 可数名词大量…（接可数名词）
amount to + 数字合计，达到（动词）
amount to + 行为/状态相当于，等同于（比喻义）
the total / overall amount总量，总额
词根
amount = a mount（一座山）→ 一堆东西的量；amount of + 不可数（钱/水/时间）；number of + 可数（学生/国家/问题）
考考你
Q1对错判断
判断下面句子里的用法是否正确：
The research found that a significant amount of teenagers reported feeling anxious about their academic performance on a daily basis.
✓ 正确版本
The research found that a significant number of teenagers reported feeling anxious about their academic performance on a daily basis.
研究发现，大量青少年表示每天都感到对学业成绩感到焦虑。
teenagers 是可数名词，应用 number of；× a significant amount of teenagers → ✓ a significant number of teenagers
Q2近义选词
选择最恰当的词填空：
The factory is required to reduce the ___ of hazardous waste it discharges into the river by fifty per cent.
Aamount
Bquantity
✓ 该工厂被要求将其排入河流的危险废物总量减少50%。
hazardous waste（危险废物）是不可数名词，amount 最自然；quantity 也可，但 amount of waste 是更高频的固定搭配
Q3义项辨析
下面四个句子中，amount to 的含义与其他三个最不同的是：
A
The annual maintenance costs of the building amount to nearly half a million pounds.
B
Dismissing evidence without proper examination amounts to academic dishonesty.
C
Total donations received during the campaign amount to over three million dollars.
D
The fines imposed on the company amount to more than it earned in the entire previous year.
B 中 amounts to = 相当于，等同于（比喻义）；A、C、D 中 amounts to = 合计，达到（数字合计义）
接着学
点击进入该词的深度解析
number近义数目（a number of + 可数名词复数；与 amount 的根本区别：amount 接不可数，number 接可数）
volume近义数量，体积（a large volume of + 不可数名词：volume of traffic/data = 交通流量/数据量，比 amount 更强调规模）
total近义总量，总额（total amount = 总量；the total amounts to = 总计达）
proportion近义比例（proportion of = …的比例；与 amount 相比，proportion 强调相对数量关系）