a great deal of 可以接可数名词吗?求答案

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a great deal of 可以接可数名词吗?求答案

在回答这个问题之前我们先看看a deal 的英文意思,a deal中的deal是名词,a deal的英文意思是"a large amount; much(dated)",中文意思是“大量;非常”,其中a deal作much解这一用法已过时,a deal of 的意思是“大量的,许多(这一用法也已过时)”,先看下面的例子:
I've got a deal to do this week.这个星期我有很多事情要做.
a deal在句中用作宾语,意思是“很多事情”.此时a deal所指比较笼统,若要明明白白地指出所谈对象,需在后面加of,例句如下:
I've got a deal of work to do this week.这个星期我有很多工作要做.
a deal of用作work的定语,意思是“大量的,许多,很多”.(类似于a deal of work的还有a deal of time / a deal of money等等)
a deal作much解时的例句如下(a deal的这种用法已过时):
在a deal中的deal前加上great或good后就成为a great deal / a good deal(注意great和good都以g开头),这样做对deal有强调之意.a great deal / a good deal的英文意思是"a large quantity of something [ = a lot ]; much",中文意思是“大量的,很多;非常(多)”.我们先谈谈a great deal.
a great deal 是名词词组,在句中用作宾语时意为a great of things,用作状语时可用来修饰动词、形容词或副词的比较级,意思是very much.例句如下:
They had a great deal to talk about.他们有很多事情要谈.
a great deal 在句中作宾语,意思是“很多事情,很多东西,很多情况,.”(较笼统).在a great deal后加上of可用来明确指出所谈对象,例句如下:
He has given me a great deal of help.他已经给了我很多帮助.(他已经帮了我很多.)
a great deal of 用作help的定语,意思是“大量的,很多”.(类似于a great deal of help的还有a great deal of concern/coffee/praise等等)
a great deal 修饰动词、形容词或副词的比较级的例句如下:
The nurses did a great deal to keep my wound clean of infection.护士尽力使我的伤口保持洁净,不受感染.(修饰动词)
He was a great deal interested in music.他对音乐非常感兴趣.(修饰形容词)
You'd feel a great deal more comfortable if you did.如果你做了你就会觉得更舒服.(修饰形容词比较级)
She is a great deal better today.她今天身体好多了.(修饰副词比较级)
This term Tom studies a great deal harder than last term.汤姆这个学期学习比上个学期努力多了.(修饰副词比较级)
总之,将a deal / a great deal / a good deal 与much结合起来分析你就会觉得这些词之间有着紧密的联系,理解起来就容易多了.同样,将a deal of / a great deal of / a good deal of 与much结合起来分析很多问题便豁然开朗了.下面我们看一些例子:
Much debate has been generated by Thornton's controversial paper.很多争论都是由桑顿的有争议的论文产生的.
A great deal of the exhibition was devoted to his recent work.= Much of the exhibition was devoted to his recent work.这次展览大多用于展示他的新作.
a good deal (of) 与 a great deal (of)用法相同,只是后者用得更普遍.
关于这个问题,我们要从历史角度来看才行.以前的英、美国家的词典中出现过a great deal of 后面接可数名词的例子,但是后来都被修正为接不可数名词.这样a great deal of只接不可数名词便成了常识.不过,a great deal of 可同时接不可数名词和可数名词,例子如下: