
(1)quantities of:修饰不可数名词时,谓语用复数。
(2)a quantity of:修饰不可数名词时,谓语用单数。
(1)相同点:① 两者都可以修饰可数名词或不可数名词。
②它们的意思都是“大量”
(2)类似:a lot of 和lots of
(3)例句:
①The quantities of each element type will be handy tools for estimating the total effort required.
每种元素类型的数量对于估计所需的总工作量将是便利的工具。
②The government, after this time, did issue contracts to manufacturing companies to produce new quantities of the virus.
在此事件之后,美国政府,和病毒生产企业签了,生产一些病毒的合同。