amounts

英 [əˈmaʊnts]

美 [əˈmaʊnts]

n.  金额; 数量; 数额
v.  合计，共计; 等同，接近
amount的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 总数；总额
  Theamount ofsomething is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.
  1. He needs that amount of money to survive...
     他需要那样一笔钱以生存下去。
  2. I still do a certain amount of work for them...
     我仍然为他们做一些工作。
  3. Postal money orders are available in amounts up to $700.
     邮政汇票的金额最高可达700美元。
• VERB 合计；共计
  If somethingamounts toa particular total, all the parts of it add up to that total.
  1. Consumer spending on sports-related items amounted to £9.75 billion.
     消费者在体育相关产品上的花费共计97.5亿英镑。
• PHRASE 大量
  If you say that there isany amount ofsomething, there is a lot of it. If you say that there areany amount ofpeople or things, there are many people or things.
  1. I'm able to lay my hands on any amount of cash at a minute's notice...
     多少钱我都可以马上弄到。
  2. There are any amount of clubs you could join.
     有无数个俱乐部你可以加入。

You should avoid using a plural noun afteramount of; instead you should usenumber ofwith a plural noun....the number of people out of work.
amount of后不用复数名词，而number of后要用复数名词：the number of people out of work（失业人数）。

双语例句

• The problem lay in the large amounts spent on defence
  问题在于防务方面耗资巨大。
• There are stories about his generosity, the massive amounts of money he gave to charities.
  有传闻说他向慈善机构慷慨解囊，捐献巨款。
• It absorbed vast amounts of capital that could have been used for investment
  它消耗掉了原本可用于投资的大笔资金。
• For ordinary Italians, Sunday's news probably amounts to a mixed blessing.
  对普通的意大利人民来说，星期天的新闻可以说是悲喜交加。
• Painkillers are very useful in small amounts to bring your temperature down
  小剂量的止痛药对于降低体温非常有用。
• The star grew 30% brighter and threw off huge amounts of radiation.
  那颗星的亮度增加了30%并释放出大量辐射。
• No difficulty amounts to much.
  再大的困难也不在话下。
• It was profitable for them to produce large amounts of food.
  生产大量的食物能让他们获利。
• Nuclear fission releases tremendous amounts of energy.
  核裂变释放出巨大的能量。
• The protection that farmers have enjoyed amounts to a bias in favour of the countryside
  农民所受的保护几乎变成了对乡村的偏袒。