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

• 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。
• Most urban water supplies in the United States now contain fluoride in varying amounts.
  现在美国大部分城市供水中都存在含量不一的氟化物。
• The star grew 30% brighter and threw off huge amounts of radiation.
  那颗星的亮度增加了30%并释放出大量辐射。
• If all the coronary arteries are free of significant obstructions, all parts of the heart will receive equal amounts of oxygen.
  如果所有的冠状动脉均没有较大的阻塞物，心脏各部分将得到等量的氧气。
• The Martian atmosphere contains only tiny amounts of water.
  火星的大气层中只含有极少量的水。
• 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。
• No difficulty amounts to much.
  再大的困难也不在话下。
• 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。
• Nuclear fission releases tremendous amounts of energy.
  核裂变释放出巨大的能量。