英语中有许多短语用来表示数量。一般来说，“很多”和“很多”是用来表示大量的标准量词。你使用哪种表达方式通常取决于名词是可数的还是不可数的，以及句子是否定的还是肯定的。

虽然“很多”和“很多”是最常见的表达方式，但以下表达方式通常用来代替“很多”和“很多”，尤其是在肯定句中：

• 很多
• 许多
• 很多
• 大量
• 大量

这些表达可以与“大多数”、“许多”或“很多”意义上的“of”组合

A lot of people enjoy listening to jazz. A great deal of time is spent understanding these issues.

但请注意，“很多”、“大多数”和“很多”并不是“的”

Most people enjoy listening to some type of music. Not: Most of people... Much time is spent understanding math. Not: Much of time is spent ...

很

“Much”与不可数名词连用：

There is much interest in learning English around the world. How much money do you have? There isn't much butter left in the refrigerator.

否定句和疑问句中也使用“很多”：

How much money do you have? There isn't much rice left.

注意，“很多”很少用在肯定形式中。说英语的人通常用“很多”或“很多”来搭配不可数名词。

We have a lot of time. Not: We have much time. There is a lot of wine in the bottle. Not: There is much wine in the bottle.

许多的

“Many”与可数名词连用：

How many people came to the party? There aren't many apples on the table.

请注意，“many”用于肯定形式，与“much”不同：

Andrew has a lot of friends / Andrew has many friends. A lot of my friends live in New York / Many of my friends live in New York.

很多/很多/很多

“很多”和“很多”可与可数名词和不可数名词连用。“很多”和“很多”用在肯定句中：

There is a lot of water in that jar. He's got lots of friends in London.

注意，一般来说，“很多”听起来不如“很多”正式

一点点

“少量”和“少量”表示数量或数字。

对不可数名词使用“一点点”：

There is a little wine in that bottle.  There is a little sugar in my coffee.

对可数名词使用“少数”。

He has a few friends in New York. We bought a few sandwiches on our way to the park.

很少

“少”和“少”表示数量有限。

对不可数名词使用“little”：

I have little money to spend. She found little time for work.

将“少数”与可数名词连用：

He has few students in his class.  Jack finds few reasons to stay.

一些

当肯定句既不多也不少时，用“some”。

“Some”可与可数名词和不可数名词连用。

We have some friends who work in Los Angeles.  I've saved some money to spend on vacation this summer. 

任何（问题）

在问题中使用“any”来询问某人是否有什么。

“Any”可与可数名词和不可数名词连用：

Do you have any friends in San Francisco? Is there any pasta left? 

请注意，当提出或要求某事时，礼貌性的提问应使用“some”而不是“any”。

Would you like some shrimp? (offer) Would you lend me some money? (request)

任何（否定句）

在否定句中，用“any”与可数名词和不可数名词连用，表示某物不存在。

We won't have any time for shopping today. They didn't have any problems finding our house. 

足够地

对可数名词和不可数名词使用“足够”，表示你对某物的数量感到满意。

She has enough time to visit her friends in Dallas. I think we have enough hamburgers for tomorrow's grill. 

不够

当你对某物的数量不满意时，使用“不够”。

I'm afraid there's not enough time to continue this conversation. There are not enough people working at the moment. 

每个

当提及团体中的个人时，请使用“每个”或“每个”。

I think every person in this room would agree with me. I'm sure each step of this process is important. 

大量的

将这些形容词与不可数名词和可数名词连用，表示大量。这种形式经常被用来夸大有多少。

There is a huge amount of work to be done to today. Tom has a vast amount of knowledge about the subject. 

极少量的

用这些类似的形容词和“amountof”来表示非常小的数量。这种形式经常被用于夸张，以表示某物的重要性是多么的小。

Peter has a small amount of patience, so don't joke around with him. There is a minuscule amount of time left to register. Hurry up!