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many

Word family

man·y /ˈmeni/ S1 W1 determiner , pronoun , adjective

1 LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa large number of people or things 许多 OPP few → more, most, much

Many people have to use a car to travel to work.

许多人不得不开车上班。

I don’t have many friends.

我的朋友不多。

She has lived in Spain for many years.

她在西班牙已经生活多年。

Do you get many visitors?

你们这儿参观者多吗？

Some of the houses have bathrooms but many do not.

有些房子有浴室，但许多房子没有。

His third novel is regarded by many (=a lot of people) as his best.

他的第三部小说被很多人认为是最好的。

many of

Many of our staff work part-time.

我们很多员工都是兼职的。

There are plenty of bars, many of them serving excellent food.

有很多酒吧，其中有许多都提供精美的食物。

There are so many things we disagree about.

很多事情上我们都合不来。

Not many (=only a few) people can afford my services.

没有多少人能享受得起我的服务。

You’ve been reading too many romantic novels (=more than you should).

你爱情小说看得太多了。

One job loss is one too many (=one more than is acceptable, needed etc).

哪怕失去一个工作岗位也太多了。

the many people/things etc

We should like to thank the many people who have written to us offering their support.

我们要感谢许许多多来信表示愿意提供支持的人。

many hundreds/thousands/millions

military equipment worth many millions of dollars

价值好几百万美元的军事装备

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.

大多数年轻人去参加战争，其中有很多人再也没回来。

It all happened a good many years ago.

这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〔询问或谈论数量〕

How many sisters do you have?

你有几个姊妹？

I didn’t know how many tickets to buy.

我不知道要买几张票。

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 一样多，同样数目

They say the people of Los Angeles speak 12 languages and teach just as many in the schools.

据说洛杉矶人讲12种语言，而且在学校里也教12种语言。

as many (...) as

Grandfather claimed to have as many medals as the general.

祖父声称他拥有的勋章和将军一样多。

There weren’t as many people at the meeting as we had hoped.

参加会议的人数没有我们期望的那么多。

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！我们五天去了五个国家。

twice/three times etc as many

The company now employs four times as many women as men.

公司现在雇用的女职员是男职员的四倍。

Examples from the Corpus

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 多达50/1,000等〔用于强调数目之大〕

Examples from the Corpus

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，许多

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）许多次/天等〔用以表示某事经常发生〕

7 have had one too many informalDRUNK to be drunk 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 非常感谢〔尤用于书信〕

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〔尤指公众〕

Examples from the Corpus

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.

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5 GRAMMAR 语法

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时，many后不跟of

Many people (NOT 不说 Many of people) hate some aspects of their work.

许多人都讨厌自己工作中的某些方面。

Do not use ‘and’ after many and before an adjective. 在many之后、形容词之前不用and

We saw many interesting things (NOT 不说 many and interesting things).

我们看到许多有意思的东西。

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.

我们看到许多有意思的东西。

✗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 许多〔在日常英语中用于疑问句和否定句中及too和so之后；在正式或书面英语中也可用于其他句型〕

There weren’t many people at the meeting.

没有多少人来参加会议。

Did you get many birthday presents?

你收到许多生日礼物吗？

Many people voted against the proposal.

许多人对这项提议投了反对票。

a lot many. A lot is less formal than many and is the usual phrase to use in everyday English 大量，许多〔a lot不如many正式，是日常英语中常用的短语〕

A lot of tourists visit Venice in the summer.

夏天有许多游客到威尼斯旅游。

The club has a lot more members now.

这家俱乐部现在多了许多会员。

dozens/hundreds/thousands/millions many – used when you cannot be exact but the number is two dozen or more, two hundred or more etc 许多/数以百计/数以千计/数以百万计

At least five people died and dozens more were injured in a gas explosion.

在一次煤气爆炸中,至少有五人死亡,更有多人受伤。

They’ve wasted thousands of pounds on the project.

他们已经在这个项目上浪费了数千英镑。

a large number of written a lot of a particular type of person or thing 大量，很多〔指某类人或物〕

China plans to build a large number of nuclear power plants.

中国计划建造大量的核电站。

numerous formal many – used especially when saying that something has happened many times 许多的，很多的〔尤指已多次发生的事〕

We’ve contacted him on numerous occasions.

我们已多次与他联系。

Numerous studies have shown a link between smoking and lung cancer.

无数的研究表明吸烟和肺癌之间有关联。

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 不可胜数的〔innumerable比countless 正式〕

He spent countless hours in the gym.

他花了大量时间在健身房锻炼。

They had been given innumerable warnings.

他们已收到过无数次警告。

a host of many – used especially when something seems surprising or impressive 许多，大量〔尤指令人惊讶或令人印象深刻〕

Age is the biggest risk factor in a host of diseases.

年龄是多种疾病最大的危险因素。

People leave jobs for a whole host of reasons.

人们离职的原因多种多样。

a raft of many – used especially when talking about ideas, suggestions, changes in business or politics 许多，大量〔尤指商业或政治上的理念、建议、变化〕

The report made a raft of recommendations.

报告提出了许多建议。

The new government is planning a whole raft of changes.

新一届政府计划进行多方面的改革。

quite a few especially spoken a fairly large number of people or things 相当多，不少

We’ve had quite a few problems with the software.

这个软件我们遇到了不少问题。

I’ve met quite a few of his friends.

我见过他的好多朋友。

lots informal many 大量，许多

I’ve invited lots of people.

我邀请了许多人。

‘How many cats has she got?’ ‘Lots!’

“她有多少只猫？”“好多呢！”

tons/loads informal many – a very informal use 很多，大量〔相当非正式的用法〕

I’ve got tons of books.

我有很多很多书。

Have a strawberry – there are loads here.

吃个草莓吧——这儿有好多呢。

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