amounts of谓语复数。amounts of的意思是“大量的”，修饰的不可数名词作主语时谓语用复数形式，即谓语的数取决于amount的数。通常用于an amount of，a(great，large)amount of，amounts of这类结构，其后通常接不可数名词。例句：Nuclear fusion works by the combining of atomic nuclei,which releases huge amounts of energy.核聚变是通过原子核的合成而实现的，这种合成释放出巨大的能量。

large amount.大量；巨额；大批

a large amount of.大量的(接不可数名词)

small amount.小额；小批量

total amount.总数；总价；总计

a certain amount.of一定数量的

amount of information.信息量

to the amount of.总数达；总计

right amount.适量

a great amount of.大量的；许多的；大部分的

amount of work.工作量

an amount of.数量;总量

in the amount of.总金额计…；金额为…

any amount.任何数量的

significant amount.大量；有实义金额；巨数

一、amount用作名词

1、amount用于表示“量”“额”，如重量、金额等。

2、amount of后一般接不可数名词，有时也可接复数可数名词，此名词被视为某一“总量”或“综述”。

The information is of much amount.

这情报很重要。

I didn't expect the bill to come to this amount.

我没料到账单达到这个金额。

二、amount用作动词

1、amount用作动词的基本意思是“合计,共计”,引申可指“等同,接近”。

2、amount是不及物动词,常与介词to连用。

Her answer amounted to a complete refusal.

她的答复等于是完全拒绝。

This amounts to doing the whole thing over again.

这就等于要把整个事情重做一遍。

1、The server is designed to store huge amounts of data.

该服务器是为存储大量数据设计的。

2、Modern computers can organize large amounts of data very quickly.

现代计算机能迅速处理大量的信息资料。

3、The council has committed large amounts of money to housing projects.

市政会在住宅项目上投入了大量资金。

4、The electricity industry consumes large amounts of fossil fuels.

电力工业消耗大量的矿物燃料。

5、Laser discs can store prodigious amounts of information.

激光磁盘能够贮存大量信息。

6、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。

7、It was profitable for them to produce large amounts of food.

生产大量的食物能让他们获利。

8、However we adopt healthcare reform,it isn't going to save major amounts of money

不管我们采取何种医疗改革措施，都省不下太多钱。

9、The Martian atmosphere contains only tiny amounts of water.

火星的大气层中只含有极少量的水。

10、Huge amounts of weapons remain to be collected.

大量的武器仍有待收缴。

11、You can compress huge amounts of data on to a CD-ROM.

可以把大量的数据压缩到一张CD-ROM上。

12、I went out for a meal last night and drank copious amounts of red wine

我昨晚出去吃饭，喝了很多红酒。

13、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。

14、Coils buried in tunnels below the ground might soon be used to store large amounts of electricity.

埋在地下隧道里的线圈可能很快就会被用来储存大量的电。

15、Earthworms consume large amounts of soil,and produce a rich humus,perfect in texture.

蚯蚓吃下大量土壤，排出肥力丰富、物理结构理想的腐殖质。