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一、兩者都表示“許多”，但 many 修飾或代替可數(shù)名詞（復(fù)數(shù)），與 few（少數(shù)）相對(duì)；而 much 用來(lái)修飾或代替不可數(shù)名詞（單數(shù)），與little（少量）相對(duì)。如：
many:
We don't have very many copies left.
我們所剩的冊(cè)數(shù)不多。
You can't have one each. We haven't got many.
你們不能一人一個(gè)。我們沒有很多。
Many people feel that the law should be changed.
許多人都覺得這項(xiàng)法律應(yīng)該修改。
much:
Do you have much free time?
你空閑時(shí)間多嗎？
I don't have much money with me.
我沒帶多少錢。
There was so much traffic that we were an hour late.
路上車輛那么多，我們遲到了一個(gè)小時(shí)。
二、 關(guān)于many of 和 much of：
(1) 其后接名詞時(shí)，該名詞通常應(yīng)是特指的（比如有the, these, those, my, our, Tom’s等修飾）。如：
many of:
Many of those most affected are elderly.
受影響最大的人中很多都是上了年紀(jì)的。
Many of these poems bear witness to his years spent in India and China
這些詩(shī)中有很多見證了他在印度和中國(guó)度過的歲月。
Many of the women are addicted to heroin and cocaine
這些女人中很多人都吸食海洛因和可卡因成癮了。
much of:
He spends much of his time outdoors.
他很多時(shí)間都在戶外度過。
Much of his early work is concerned with the minutiae of rural life.
他早期的許多作品關(guān)注的是農(nóng)村生活中一些雞毛蒜皮的瑣事。
We have had to contend with the disinterest of much of the medical profession about this topic.
我們必須全力對(duì)付很多醫(yī)療界人士對(duì)這一話題的冷漠。
(2) 如果名詞沒有表特指的限定詞，通常就不用of。如：
她沒有吃多少早餐。
誤：She didn’t eat much of breakfast.
正：She didn’t eat much breakfast.
大玻璃杯剩下的不多了。
誤：There aren’t many of large glasses left.
正：There aren’t many large glasses left.
(3) 如果用了介詞of又沒有特指限定詞，通常是不可以的。如：
誤：Many of students have read it.
正：Many of the students have read it. 許多學(xué)生讀過它。
誤：Much of time was wasted.
正：Much of the time was wasted. 大部分時(shí)間都浪費(fèi)了。
(4) 在少數(shù)情況下，much of之后不跟限定詞也可以用，這主要見后接人名和地名的情形。如：
Not much of Denmark is hilly.
丹麥山地不多。
I’ve seen too much of Howard recently.
最近我見霍華德見得太多了。
(5) 在人稱代詞前總是用many of或much of，其中的of不能沒有。如：
I didn’t eat much of it.
這個(gè)我沒吃多少。
Many of us were too tired to go further.
我們很多人都累得不能再往前走了。
(6) much of有時(shí)可用于一個(gè)還有不定冠詞的名詞前。如：
You can’t see much of a country in a week.
一周之內(nèi)看一個(gè)國(guó)家看不了多少地方。
How much of a job would it be to rebuild the garage?
重建這個(gè)車庫(kù)工作量會(huì)是多少?
not much of a 有時(shí)可用于名詞前表示某人對(duì)某物或某人評(píng)價(jià)不高。如：
Then he’s not much of a partner.
那時(shí)他不是什么了不起的合伙人。
That might not seem like much of an accomplishment.
那似乎算不上什么成就。
三、兩者都可與 more 連用，其區(qū)別仍然是 many more之后接復(fù)數(shù)名詞，much more 之后接不可數(shù)名詞。如：
many more:
Television and radio needed many more women in senior jobs.
電視和廣播領(lǐng)域需要有更多女性來(lái)?yè)?dān)任高級(jí)職位。
The latest techniques in oceanography are now available to many more scientists.
更多的科學(xué)家現(xiàn)在能夠接觸到海洋學(xué)的最新技術(shù)。
Many more questions were buzzing around in my head
還有很多問題在我的腦海里翻騰。
much more:
But we are now a much more fragmented society.
但我們現(xiàn)在所處的是一個(gè)更加四分五裂的社會(huì)。
Babies who sleep with their parents receive much more tactile stimulation than babies who sleep in a cot
嬰兒和父母睡在一塊兒比單獨(dú)睡在嬰兒床中能得到更多的觸覺刺激。
His sincerity added much more authority to the story.
他的真誠(chéng)更增加了故事的說服力。
有時(shí)其后的名詞可承前省略。如：
Many people support the government, but many more are against it.
許多人支持政府，但更多得多的人反對(duì)它。
另外，其后修飾的不是名詞，而是形容詞或副詞，則用much more不用many more。如：
In other comparable countries real wages increased much more rapidly.
在其他具有可比性的國(guó)家，實(shí)際工資上漲更快。
Some children are much more aggressive than others.
一些孩子比其他孩子更好斗。
Friendship is much more important to me than a stupid old ring!
友誼對(duì)我來(lái)說可比一個(gè)破戒指重要得多！
四、注意“many a+單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞”的用法：形式上為單數(shù)，但意義上為復(fù)數(shù)（意為“許多”），若用作主語(yǔ)，其謂語(yǔ)通常與形式一致而不與意義一致（即謂語(yǔ)用單數(shù)）。如：
many a:
I met him many a time in the bus.
我在公共汽車上見過他多次。
Many a customer has been lost through negligence of service.
由于服務(wù)不周失去了許多老主顧。
He's quaffed many a glass of champagne in his time.
他年輕時(shí)曾經(jīng)開懷暢飲過不少香檳美酒。
注意，“many a+單數(shù)名詞”是一個(gè)十分正式的結(jié)構(gòu)，在口語(yǔ)或非正式文體中一般都用 “many+復(fù)數(shù)名詞”代之。
五、與a great/good number of, a great/good amount of等表達(dá)不同，a great/good many后接名詞時(shí)，不用介詞of。如：
a great/good number of:
It affords a livelihood to a great number of people.
這給許多人提供了生計(jì)。
This research has been in progress since 1961 and has yielded a great number of positive results.
這項(xiàng)研究自1961年起一直在開展，已取得了不少積極成果。
A good number of questions have been raised in the document drafted by the State Planning commission.
計(jì)委起草的文件提出了相當(dāng)多的問題。
a great/good amount of:
He has taken on a great amount of work in this project.
在這項(xiàng)工程他承包了大量的工作。
During the last two years, he accumulated a great amount of wealth.
在過去的兩年里，他積累了大量財(cái)富
That's actually a good amount of time for a single level.
這實(shí)際上是一個(gè)合適的打穿一層地下城的時(shí)間。
a great/good many:
He's been to a great many places.
他到過的地方多了去了。
He knows a great many people in this city.
他在這城里認(rèn)識(shí)的人非常多。
I knew I was running a great many risks.
我知道我正擔(dān)著很多的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。
I have rather a large influence over a good many people
我對(duì)很多人都有相當(dāng)大的影響力。
但是，當(dāng)其后接的是人稱代詞或帶有限定詞的名詞時(shí)，則要有of。如：
A good many of those students like this song.
那些學(xué)生中有很多喜歡這首歌。
A good many of them have cars.
他們中的許多人有汽車。
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