amount意思是“数量”,它是可数名词,其复数形式是amounts。
例句:If you add all these amounts together you get a huge figure.
你把这些数量加在一起就会得到一个巨额数字。
Laser discs can store prodigious amounts of information.
激光磁盘能够贮存大量信息。
The amounts she borrowed were not excessive.
她借的数量没有超额。
There is a big difference in the amounts that banks charge.
银行的收费在数额上有很大的不同。
It absorbed vast amounts of capital that could have been used for investment
它消耗掉了原本可用于投资的大笔资金。
The problem lay in the large amounts spent on defence
问题在于防务方面耗资巨大。
It was profitable for them to produce large amounts of food.
生产大量的食物能让他们获利。