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76.Many a mother tries to act out her unrealized dreams through her daughter

有许多母亲都试图在女儿身上实现自己未竟的梦想。

经典句型解析76：many a等表示数量许多修饰名词的词组归纳

这个考点大考小考那是必考的内容，许多同学往往很困惑，现在总结如下：

常见修饰名词表示数量的短语分

1.只能修饰可数名词的：

a large/great/good number of,

a good/great many,

dozens of,

scores of,

quite a few

many a

many

2.只能修饰不可数名词的

a great deal of,

a large/great amount of,

quite a little,

a large sum of

a bit of

much

little

a little

3.既可修饰可数也可修饰不可数名词的

plenty of,

a lot of,

lots of,

a large/great quantity of,(其后谓语动词用单数)

large（huge）quantities of（其后谓语动词用复数）

a good supply of

注意：

1.a good [great] many 后直接跟名词，不用介词of。但是，若其后所接名词有the, these, my 等限定词修饰，则要用介词of表示“…中的很多”：例如:

a great many of my friends 我的朋友当中的许多人。

A great many(of the) graduates have found jobs. 毕业生中很多人已经找到了工作。

He always has a great amount of work to do. 他总是有很多工作要做。

The deceased left a large sum of money to his grandson.

死者给他的孙子留下一大笔钱。

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They were fighting over a trivial sum of money.

他们在为一笔数额极小的钱而打架。

He was left a large sum of money.

有人留了一大笔钱给他。

He is saving a sum of money to buy a home for his family.

他正积蓄一笔钱以便买一幢住宅供全家居住。

You owe a certain person a sum of money

你欠某人一笔钱。

Many a good man has been destroyed by drink.

许多好人都毁在了饮酒上。

Many a mother tries to act out her unrealized dreams through her daughter

有许多母亲都试图在女儿身上实现自己未竟的梦想。

Many a student fails to pass on the examination.

许多学生考试不及格。

Many a customer has been lost through negligence of service.

由于服务不周失去了许多老主顾。

2.a lot of, lots of, plenty of (以上三个词语后谓语动词的数依of后的名词的单复数而定),a great / large quantity of (其后谓语用单数),quantities of (其后谓语用复数)all, some, enough。例如:

There is still lots of snow in the garden. 花园里还有许多雪。

There is plenty of rain here. 这儿的雨水很多。

A large quantity of drugs was seized during the raid.

在这次突击行动中起获了大量毒品。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

A large quantity of water is stored in the reservoir.

水库存了大量的水。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

A great quantity of flowers was placed in the hall. 大厅里放了很多鲜花。

There are large quantities of food in the cupboard. 橱柜里有许多食物。

Large quantities of drugs were found during a police swoop on the star's New York home.

警方对这位明星在纽约的住所进行突击搜查，发现了大量毒品。

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