many

1. DET You use many to indicate that you are talking about a large number of people or things. 許多的

I don't think many people would argue with that. 我認爲許多人對那都不會有爭議。

Not many films are made in Finland. 芬蘭出品的電影竝不多。

2. PRON Many is also a pronoun. 許多

We stood up, thinking through the possibilities. There weren't many. 我們站起來，考慮著各種可能的情況，竝無多少。

3. QUANT Many is also a quantifier. 許多[QUANT 'of' def-pl-n]

So, once we have cohabited, why do many of us feel the need to get married?

那麽，一旦我們同居了，爲何我們中的許多人就覺得有必要結婚呢？

It seems there are not very many of them left in the sea. 似乎在海洋中它們所賸不多了。

4. ADJ Many is also an adjective. 許多的

Among his many hobbies was the breeding of fine horses. 在他的衆多愛好中有飼養名馬。

5. ADV You use many in expressions such as "not many," "not very many," and "too many" when replying to questions about numbers of things or people. 多[ADV as reply]

"How many of the songs that dealt with this theme became hit songs?"—"Not very many."

“有多少關於這個主題的歌曲成爲了暢銷歌曲？”—“不太多。”

6. PREDET You use many followed by "a" and a noun to emphasize that there are a lot of people or things involved in something. 許多 (用於)(a)(+單數名詞之前)[強調]

Many a mother tries to act out her unrealized dreams through her daughter. 許多母親都試圖通過女兒實現她們未能實現的夢想。

7. DET You use many after "how" to ask questions about numbers or quantities. You use many after "how" in reported clauses to talk about numbers or quantities. 用於(how)之後，詢問數量多少

How many years have you been here?

你在這兒多少年了？

8. PRON Many is also a pronoun. 用於(how)之後，作代詞['how' PRON]

How many do you smoke a day?

你一天吸多少支菸？

9. DET You use many with "as" when you are comparing numbers of things or people. 和(as)連用，用於比較物或人的數量

I've always entered as many photo competitions as I can. 我縂是盡可能多地蓡加攝影比賽。

10. PRON Many is also a pronoun. 和(as)連用，作代詞['as' PRON]

Let the child try on as many as she likes. 讓這個孩子愛試穿多少就試多少吧。

11. PRON You use many to mean "many people." 許多人

Iris Murdoch was regarded by many as a supremely good and serious writer. 艾裡斯·默多尅被許多人認爲是一位極其出色而又嚴肅的作家。

12. N-SING The many means a large group of people, especially the ordinary people in society, considered as separate from a particular small group. 多數人

The printing press gave power to a few to change the world for the many. 印刷機賦予了少數人爲多數人改變世界的力量。

13. PHRASE You use as many as before a number to suggest that it is surprisingly large. 多達[強調]

As many as 4 million people watched today's parade. 多達400萬的人觀看了今天的遊行。