amounts

英 [əˈmaʊnts]

美 [əˈmaʊnts]

n.  金额; 数量; 数额
v.  合计，共计; 等同，接近
amount的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 总数；总额
  Theamount ofsomething is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.
  1. He needs that amount of money to survive...
     他需要那样一笔钱以生存下去。
  2. I still do a certain amount of work for them...
     我仍然为他们做一些工作。
  3. Postal money orders are available in amounts up to $700.
     邮政汇票的金额最高可达700美元。
• VERB 合计；共计
  If somethingamounts toa particular total, all the parts of it add up to that total.
  1. Consumer spending on sports-related items amounted to £9.75 billion.
     消费者在体育相关产品上的花费共计97.5亿英镑。
• PHRASE 大量
  If you say that there isany amount ofsomething, there is a lot of it. If you say that there areany amount ofpeople or things, there are many people or things.
  1. I'm able to lay my hands on any amount of cash at a minute's notice...
     多少钱我都可以马上弄到。
  2. There are any amount of clubs you could join.
     有无数个俱乐部你可以加入。

You should avoid using a plural noun afteramount of; instead you should usenumber ofwith a plural noun....the number of people out of work.
amount of后不用复数名词，而number of后要用复数名词：the number of people out of work（失业人数）。

双语例句

• It was profitable for them to produce large amounts of food.
  生产大量的食物能让他们获利。
• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.
  原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Earthworms consume large amounts of soil, and produce a rich humus, perfect in texture.
  蚯蚓吃下大量土壤，排出肥力丰富、物理结构理想的腐殖质。
• Painkillers are very useful in small amounts to bring your temperature down
  小剂量的止痛药对于降低体温非常有用。
• For ordinary Italians, Sunday's news probably amounts to a mixed blessing.
  对普通的意大利人民来说，星期天的新闻可以说是悲喜交加。
• Postal money orders are available in amounts up to$ 700.
  邮政汇票的金额最高可达700美元。
• However we adopt healthcare reform, it isn't going to save major amounts of money
  不管我们采取何种医疗改革措施，都省不下太多钱。
• Huge amounts of weapons remain to be collected.
  大量的武器仍有待收缴。
• To give money to beggars sometimes amounts to encouraging begging.
  给乞丐钱，有时就等于鼓励行乞。
• You can compress huge amounts of data on to a CD-ROM.
  可以把大量的数据压缩到一张CD-ROM上。