【amount音标】 英[əˈmaʊnt] 美[əˈmaʊnt]
【单词释义】 amount是什么意思：
n.量，数量；总额；本利之和；全部效果，全部含义
vi.（在意义、价值、效果、程度等方面）等于；等同，接近；合计，总共；发展成为
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] amounts [第三人称单数] amounts
[单词现在分词] amounting
[单词过去式] amounted
[单词过去分词] amounted
【amount形近词/近似词】
tantamount adj.等同的；同等的；相当的
mount v.攀登；登上；骑上；增多；增强 n.山峰；攀，登
surmount vt.解决；克服；居于…之上； 登上
paramount adj.最高的，至上的；首要的；权力最大的 n.[U]最高统治者
【近义词解析】
◇ 数量
amount (n. 数额，数量)：普通用词，主要与表示时间、金钱、物质等的不可数名词连用。
number (n.数字;数量)：普通用词，指人或物的数目，强调数的概念。A large number of people have applied for the job.
quantity (n. 数量，数额)：主要表示某种物质的量。A large quantity of water is stored in the reservoir.
【单词例句】
◇ He met a large amount of difficulty but was never stopped. On the contrary, difficulty pushed him to go ahead harder. Three months later, he was spotted by a ship by accident. He was in rags indeed.
他遇到了许多困难，但是从未停止，相反，困难推动他更努力地前进。三个月后，当他被一艘船偶然发现时，真的是衣衫褴褛。
---- Sailing Home
◇ But these types of injuries are very rare and have generally occurred when people are exposed to large amounts of radiation leaking through openings in the oven, such as gaps in the seal, the FDA says.
但是，FDA认为，这两种类型的伤害非常罕见，并且通常发生在人们接触到透过微波炉的开口（比如密封条的裂口）泄漏大量辐射的时候。
---- Is It Safe to Stand in Front of Microwave Ovens?
◇ The same can be said for oral rehydration solutions that are used to treat diarrhea. Those contain small amounts of sugar, as well as sodium and potassium, which can also help promote water retention in the body.
用来治疗腹泻的口服补水溶液也可以有同样的补水功效。那些含有少量糖、钠和钾的饮料也可以帮助人体留住水分。
---- Which drink is best for hydration? Hint: It isn't water
◇ "GJ 357 d is located within the outer edge of its star's habitable zone, where it receives about the same amount of stellar energy from its star as Mars does from the Sun," said Diana Kossakowski, study co-author at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy.
“GJ 357 d位于其恒星宜居带的外边缘，它从恒星接收到的能量与火星从太阳接收到的能量差不多，”马克斯普朗克天文研究所的研究合著者戴安娜·科萨科夫斯基说。
---- NASA finds potentially habitable super-Earth
◇ Speaking to the Smithsonian Mag, Dr Ollie Jay, one of the authors of the study, explained: "If you drink a hot drink, it does result in a lower amount of heat stored inside your body, provided the additional sweat that's produced when you drink the hot drink can evaporate."
在接受《史密森学会杂志》采访时，该研究的作者之一奥利·杰博士解释说：“如果喝热饮，体内储存的热量就会降低，前提是喝热茶时排出的汗水可以蒸发掉。”
---- Drinking hot tea in summer really does cool you down
◇ For dogs, though, an excess of xylitol could prove fatal because it kickstarts a rapid release of the hormone insulin. Too much insulin affects the amount of glucose (sugar) in your dog’s blood which, in turn, could cause seizures and affect your pet's liver.
然而，对狗来说，摄入过量木糖醇可能会致命，因为木糖醇可以导致胰岛素迅速分泌。胰岛素过量会影响狗狗血液中的葡萄糖含量，结果可能会引发癫痫，损伤狗狗的肝脏。
---- Food that dogs cannot eat
◇ Studies have shown that morning and afternoon workouts can increase a person's amount and quality of sleep — one study found that exercise adds around 45 minutes of extra sleep — and better sleep leads to a more productive day.
研究发现，清晨和下午的锻炼可以增加睡眠时长，提高睡眠质量。一项研究发现，锻炼身体可以让人多睡45分钟。睡得更香，效率更高。
---- Bad habits you should break
◇ New Zealanders work an average of 1,752 hours a year, making them close to average compared with their OECD peers. Germans spend the least amount of time working annually, closely followed by Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, while Mexicans, Koreans and Costa Ricans clock the most.
新西兰人每年平均工作1752个小时，接近经济合作与发展组织其他成员国的平均水平。德国人每年的平均工作时间是最短的，其次是丹麦人、挪威人和荷兰人，而墨西哥人、韩国人和哥斯达黎加人的工作时间是最长的。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ They estimate that by 2050, the amount of plastics produced globally will increase three times to 1,124 million tons. By then, the "plastic economy" will take up 15% of the world's global carbon budget, compared to just 1% today.
据预计，2050年全球塑料产量将增加三倍，高达11.24亿吨。届时，“塑料经济”将占有全球碳预算15%的份额，而目前其份额仅为1%。
---- More plastic than fish in oceans by 2050
◇ Now, visitors to the South Rim alone may number 18,000 in a single day. Some of that number will travel by mule train down Bright Angel Trail to the canyon's floor, cross the raging river by a suspension bridge and amount to the North Rim.
现在，每天来大峡谷南缘观光的游客大概有18000名，其中有的会乘坐小型电动机车沿着"光明天使小道"来到谷底，穿过波涛汹涌的河道上方的吊桥，然后到达北缘。
---- The Grand Canyon