"amount" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 数量
• 金额

Definition

“Amount”表示某物的数量，尤其用于不能轻易一件一件计数的东西。它也可以表示一笔钱的金额。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

'amount of' 主要搭配不可数名词：'a small amount of water'。对于可数名词，通常用 'number of' 更自然：'a large number of people'。常见搭配有 'the total amount'、'a certain amount of'、'amount to'（总计为；等同于）。

Examples

We need a small amount of sugar for this cake.

这个蛋糕我们需要少量的**糖**。

The amount on the bill is wrong.

账单上的**金额**不对。

A large amount of snow fell last night.

昨晚下了大量的**雪**。

I was surprised by the amount of work we finished in one day.

我很惊讶我们一天之内完成了这么多**工作量**。

After taxes, the final amount was much lower than I expected.

扣完税后，最终**金额**比我预想的低得多。

That kind of pressure can amount to bullying if it keeps happening.

如果这种压力持续下去，就可能**等同于**霸凌。