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BNC: 98 COCA: 99

many

Word family 
man·y /ˈmeni/ ●●● S1 W1 determiner , pronoun , adjective
1  LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa large number of people or things 許多 OPP few → more, most, much
Many people have to use a car to travel to work.
許多人不得不開車上班。
I don’t have many friends.
我的朋友不多。
She has lived in Spain for many years.
她在西班牙已經生活多年。
Do you get many visitors?
你們這兒參觀者多嗎？
Some of the houses have bathrooms but many do not.
有些房子有浴室，但許多房子沒有。
His third novel is regarded by many (=a lot of people) as his best.
他的第三部小說被很多人認爲是最好的。
many of
Many of our staff work part-time.
我們很多員工都是兼職的。
There are plenty of bars, many of them serving excellent food.
有很多酒吧，其中有許多都提供精美的食物。
There are so many things we disagree about.
很多事情上我們都合不來。
Not many (=only a few) people can afford my services.
沒有多少人能享受得起我的服務。
You’ve been reading too many romantic novels (=more than you should).
你愛情小說看得太多了。
One job loss is one too many (=one more than is acceptable, needed etc).
哪怕失去一個工作崗位也太多了。
the many people/things etc
We should like to thank the many people who have written to us offering their support.
我們要感謝許許多多來信表示願意提供支持的人。
many hundreds/thousands/millions
military equipment worth many millions of dollars
價值好幾百萬美元的軍事裝備
a great many/a good many/very many (=a very large number) 大量的
Most of the young men went off to the war, and a great many never came back.
大多數年輕人去參加戰爭，其中有很多人再也沒回來。
It all happened a good many years ago.
這都是很多年以前的事了。
n Register
Many sounds formal in positive statements. In everyday English, people usually say a lot of.
A lot of people use a car to get to work.
There were a lot of people at the wedding.
2  how many used to ask or talk about how large a number or quantity is 多少〔詢問或談論數量〕
How many sisters do you have?
你有幾個姊妹？
I didn’t know how many tickets to buy.
我不知道要買幾張票。
Examples from the Corpus
how many• How many cars do you have?• He wouldn't tell us how many girlfriends he'd had.• It is not known how many of the people arrested in last Saturday's protests have been freed.• How many of you can swim?• He refused to comment on how many other special forces soldiers were involved.• But he never imagined how many people hungered for homes close to central Phoenix.• He deftly explains how many seemingly pleasant private decisions lead to distinctly unpleasant public results, such as increased economic segregation.• At first, nobody could be sure how many there might be.• And no matter how many times you revisit the place, it never gets better.• Now imagine how many we come into contact with every day!• There were people calling radio shows calculating how many wins it would take to reach the playoffs.• When it comes to fashion just how many women do know what they want?
3  as many SAMEa number that is equal to another number 一樣多，同樣數目
They say the people of Los Angeles speak 12 languages and teach just as many in the schools.
據說洛杉矶人講12種語言，而且在學校裏也教12種語言。
as many (...) as
Grandfather claimed to have as many medals as the general.
祖父聲稱他擁有的勳章和將軍一樣多。
There weren’t as many people at the meeting as we had hoped.
參加會議的人數沒有我們期望的那麽多。
in as many days/weeks/games etc
A great trip! We visited five countries in as many days (=in five days).
旅行很棒！我們五天去了五個國家。
twice/three times etc as many
The company now employs four times as many women as men.
公司現在僱用的女職員是男職員的四倍。
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twice/three times etc as many• There are now over 11 million shareholders, three times as many as in 1979.• It has three times as many as the Metropolitan Museum in New York.• Verio currently operates nearly three times as many business Web sites as its closest competitor.• And there are three times as many non-religious right voters in the Republican party compared with the religious right.• About three times as many people complained about high food prices as about high drink prices.• But this would require three times as many pixels to get the same resolution as monochrome.• There are thought to be about three times as many species of insect as of all other kinds of animal put together.• Wild defeated Gardner at Upton, gaining nearly three times as many votes.
4  as many as 50/1,000 etc  used to emphasize how surprisingly large a number is 多達50/1,000等〔用於強調數目之大〕
As many as 10,000 civilians are thought to have fled the area.
據信有一萬名之多的平民逃離了該地區。
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as many as 50/1,000 etc• A single neuron can communicate with as many as 50, 000 other nerve cells in this way.• Ravenstonedale area provided as many as 1000 pairs of stockings a week at the height of the stocking trade.• During much of that time he lived and traveled incognito under perhaps as many as 50 assumed names.• More gregarious than most falcons and social breeding, as many as 50 birds sometimes hunting together.• Each of these may be scored for as many as 50 categories and repeated for say 30 individuals.• I have observed as many as 50 in a procession a metre or more in length.• The children leave single-file, and Josh logs as many as 50 pats in a good minute.• Do not be surprised if you reject as many as 50 percent of the candidates at this stage.
5  many a something formal or old-fashioned a large number of people or things 很多，許多
Many a parent has had to go through this same painful process.
很多父母都不得不經歷這一痛苦的過程。
I’ve sat here many a time (=often) and wondered what happened to her.
我常常坐在這兒琢磨她發生了什麽事情。
Examples from the Corpus
many a time• I've sat here many a time and wondered about her.• Karpov has played this sequence many times before and should have been fully conversant with its manifold nuances.• Billy could easily have ferried her across the river in his boat, as he had done many times before.• The victim, a snake specialist, has been bitten many times before.• How many times do I have to repeat it?• Bryan, how many times do I have to tell you to put your things away?• Masklin wondered how many times it had industriously cleaned this corridor, while it waited for nomes to come back ...• I am feeling much better, though there are many times when I feel a dull ache.• There will be many times when nothing will come to you.
6  many’s the time/day etc (that/when) old-fashionedOFTEN used to say that a particular thing has happened often （有）許多次/天等〔用以表示某事經常發生〕
Many’s the time we’ve had to borrow money in order to get through the month.
有許多次我們不得不借錢以撐到月底。
7  have had one too many informalDRUNK to be drunk 喝醉了
Don’t pay any attention to him – he’s had one too many.
别理他——他喝醉了。
Examples from the Corpus
have had one too many• Ron looked like he'd had one too many.
8  many thanks written used especially in letters to thank someone for something 非常感謝〔尤用於書信〕
many thanks for
Many thanks for your letter of 17 March.
很感謝您3月17日的來信。
Examples from the Corpus
many for• Many thanks for a thoroughly useful newspaper which is essential reading.• Many thanks for all your support.• I stood up swiftly, telling him many thanks for bothering.• Many thanks for concocting a circular for's Edinburgh week-end.• Many thanks for having us, we thoroughly enjoyed staying with you.• Thanks to Sam Wright for the transcription and many thanks for reading.• Many thanks for your help in this matter.
9  the many formalPERSON/PEOPLE a very large group of people, especially the public in general 一大群人〔尤指公衆〕
This war is another example of the few sacrificing their lives for the many.
這場戰爭又是一個少數人爲多數人犧牲生命的例子。
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the many• These economic policies have resulted in less for the many and more for the few.• Banks are busily designing privately placed securities that exploit the many available tax loopholes.• One possibility relates to the many cases where plural reference is made under conditions which our results show to be relatively unfavourable.• To determine whether he had, in fact, managed to comply with the many letters of various laws.• Mental hurdles are proving as tough to handle as the many physical ones presented by the Sonics.• This section discusses some of the many separate factors that affect the decision.• This brings me back to one of the many things shared by all three races.• One thing we experience in reading these poems is the many ways one human being can care about another.• These are among the many works in the Biennial that succeed.
→ in as many words at word1
5 GRAMMAR 語法
If you are talking about a type of person or thing in general rather than a specific group, do not use ’of’ after many . 若泛指而非特指某人或某物時，many後不跟of
Many people (NOT 不說 Many of people) hate some aspects of their work.
許多人都討厭自己工作中的某些方面。
Do not use ‘and’ after many and before an adjective. 在many之後、形容詞之前不用and
We saw many interesting things (NOT 不說 many and interesting things).
我們看到許多有意思的東西。
n GRAMMAR: Patterns with many
You use many before plural nouns to talk about people or things in general:
Many people were against the decision.
You say many of the:
Many of the houses are empty.
✗Don’t say: many of houses
You say many of my/her/his etc or many of them/us/you:
Many of her friends have already left home.
Many of them are excellent.
You use many directly before an adjective:
We saw many interesting things.
我們看到許多有意思的東西。
✗Don’t say: We saw many and interesting things.
 THESAURUS
many a large number of people or things – used in everyday English in questions and negative sentences, and after ‘too’ and ‘so’. In formal or written English, you can also use it in other sentences 許多〔在日常英語中用於疑問句和否定句中及too和so之後；在正式或書面英語中也可用於其他句型〕
There weren’t many people at the meeting.
沒有多少人來參加會議。
Did you get many birthday presents?
你收到許多生日禮物嗎？
Many people voted against the proposal.
許多人對這項提議投了反對票。
a lot many. A lot is less formal than many and is the usual phrase to use in everyday English 大量，許多〔a lot不如many正式，是日常英語中常用的短語〕
A lot of tourists visit Venice in the summer.
夏天有許多遊客到威尼斯旅遊。
The club has a lot more members now.
這家俱樂部現在多了許多會員。
dozens/hundreds/thousands/millions many – used when you cannot be exact but the number is two dozen or more, two hundred or more etc 許多/數以百計/數以千計/數以百萬計
At least five people died and dozens more were injured in a gas explosion.
在一次煤氣爆炸中,至少有五人死亡,更有多人受傷。
They’ve wasted thousands of pounds on the project.
他們已經在這個項目上浪費了數千英鎊。
a large number of written a lot of a particular type of person or thing 大量，很多〔指某類人或物〕
China plans to build a large number of nuclear power plants.
中國計劃建造大量的核電站。
numerous formal many – used especially when saying that something has happened many times 許多的，很多的〔尤指已多次發生的事〕
We’ve contacted him on numerous occasions.
我們已多次與他聯系。
Numerous studies have shown a link between smoking and lung cancer.
無數的研究表明吸煙和肺癌之間有關聯。
countless/innumerable /ɪˈnjuːmərəbəl $ ɪˈnuː-/ [only before noun] many – used when it is impossible to count or imagine how many. Innumerable is more formal than countless 不可勝數的〔innumerable比countless 正式〕
He spent countless hours in the gym.
他花了大量時間在健身房鍛煉。
They had been given innumerable warnings.
他們已收到過無數次警告。
a host of many – used especially when something seems surprising or impressive 許多，大量〔尤指令人驚訝或令人印象深刻〕
Age is the biggest risk factor in a host of diseases.
年齡是多種疾病最大的危險因素。
People leave jobs for a whole host of reasons.
人們離職的原因多種多樣。
a raft of many – used especially when talking about ideas, suggestions, changes in business or politics 許多，大量〔尤指商業或政治上的理念、建議、變化〕
The report made a raft of recommendations.
報告提出了許多建議。
The new government is planning a whole raft of changes.
新一屆政府計劃進行多方面的改革。
quite a few especially spoken a fairly large number of people or things 相當多，不少
We’ve had quite a few problems with the software.
這個軟件我們遇到了不少問題。
I’ve met quite a few of his friends.
我見過他的好多朋友。
lots informal many 大量，許多
I’ve invited lots of people.
我邀請了許多人。
‘How many cats has she got?’ ‘Lots!’
“她有多少只貓？”“好多呢！”
tons/loads informal many – a very informal use 很多，大量〔相當非正式的用法〕
I’ve got tons of books.
我有很多很多書。
Have a strawberry – there are loads here.
吃個草莓吧——這兒有好多呢。
Examples from the Corpus
many hundreds/thousands/millions• You rarely run into people you know in London; there are too many millions.• That progress was now direly slow, with many hundreds of cattle to herd, however expert some of the herders.• What do the petitions do but name many thousands of folk?• Today, many thousands of men like Michael have died of Aids.• Unfortunately, this is not the case with many millions of people whose backache is worse after even a short drive.• Last year this formula robbed East Cumbria and my constituents of many thousands of pounds.• How could I possibly find mine when there were so many hundreds of them, and so many black ones?• One year they are present, striving instinctively to maintain an existence many thousands of years old.
Origin many
Old English manig
BNC: 98 COCA: 99
BNC: 98 COCA: 99
BNC: 98 COCA: 99
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