英 /ˈkwɒntəti/,美 /ˈkwɑːntəti/
n. 量,数量;大量,大批;(尤指和质量相对的)数量;(语音)音量;值,参量;代表数量(或参量)的数(或符号)
表示“数量”时:
指相对于质量来说的“数量”,为不可数名词。例如:We've always put quality before quantity.(我们总是认为质量比数量重要。)
指具体的数量,一般为可数名词,这时可以连用不定冠词或者用复数形式。例如:He ate a small quantity of rice.(他吃了少量的米饭。)
作主语时:
"a quantity of+可数名词复数"作主语时,谓语动词用复数;"a quantity of+不可数名词"作主语时,谓语动词用单数。例如:A large quantity of imported beer has been sold.(已经售出了大量的进口啤酒。)
"quantities of"无论修饰可数还是不可数名词,谓语动词都用复数。例如:Quantities of food (nuts) were on the table.(桌子上有许多食品(坚果)。)
physical quantity [物] 物理量 ; 实物量 ; 要的实物量
in quantity 大量 ; 大批 ; 众多 ; 年夜量
quantity surveyor 工料测量师 ; 施工技术员 ; 施工项目测量师
quantity of 数量;流量
large quantity 大量;大数量
quality and quantity 质量和数量
a quantity of 一些,一批
small quantity 小量,少量
order quantity 订货量;订购量;订单数量
a great quantity of (接可数或不可数)大量
quantities of 许多……
production quantity 生产量
quantity discount 数量折扣,大批量折扣
unknown quantity 未知量; 未知数
...a small quantity of water.(……少量的水。)
After some initial problems, acetone was successfully produced in quantity.(解决了最初的一些问题后,成功地生产出了大量丙酮。)
...the less discerning drinker who prefers quantity to quality.(……重量不重质、识别力较差的饮酒者。)
She had known Max for some years now, but he was still pretty much an unknown quantity.(她现在认识马克斯也好几年了,但是他仍然是个大大的未知数。)
Is it available in sufficient quantity ?(这东西能不能足量供应?)
Prices vary according to the quantity ordered .(价格根据所订数量而变化。)
The police found a quantity of drugs at his home .(警察在他家发现了大量毒品。)
This company is more concerned with quality than with quantity.(这家公司对质量比对产量更重视。)
It was a bad year for films, in terms of both quantity and quality.(今年的电影无论从数量上还是质量上都说不上好。)
In our work quality counts for as much as quantity.(在我们的工作中,质量跟数量同等重要。)