单词详解
n.
A. [U]丰富；充足；大量 (a full supply)
We have plenty of time. 我们有很多的时间。
Give him plenty of air. 给他足够的空气。
On Wednesday, I rested and drank plenty of water. 星期三，我休息并喝了大量的水。
相关词组
plenty of 很多的；大量的
Still, they have plenty of other weapons. 他们还有很多其他的武器。
相关单词
近义词：a lot of (lots of), many (a), much, a great deal of, a (large/great) number of,
a good (great) many
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词语辨析：plenty, of a lot of (lots of), many (a), much, a great deal of, a (large/great) number of,
a good (great) many, many, much
plenty, of a lot of (lots of), many (a), much, a great deal of, a good (great) many,
a (large/great) number of , many, much
1. plenty of: 突出表示“足够”之意，但它所指的东西并不一定很多。
2. a lot of (lots of): 也表示“许多”、“大量”的 意思，但它比较口语化，其后既可接可数
名词，又可接不可数名词。
3. a great deal of, a great many: “许多”、“大量”之意, a great deal常与不可数名词连用,a
great many则与可数名词的复数形式连用。
4. a (large/great) number of: 表示许多的，只能修饰可数名词表示许多的，只能修饰可数名词的复数形式；做主语时，动词复数。
注意：a lot of等于lots of，既可修饰可数的，又可修饰不可数名词；plenty of也是修饰可数或不可数名词，与a lot of同义但不如其常用；a great many只能修饰可数名词,等于a good many。
5. many 修饰可数名词, much修饰不可数名词。
词语详解
1. plenty of : 突出表示“足够”之意，但它所指的东西并不一定很多。
We do not have plenty of time to waste! 我们没有很多时间去浪费！
They raised a great many proposals at the meeting. 在会上他们提了很多建议。
2. a lot of (lots of): 也表示“许多”、“大量”的 意思，但它比较口语化，其后既可接可数名词，又可接不可数名词。
He got a lot of (lots of) homework (things) to do after school.
放学后，他有很多作业（事情）要做。
3. a great deal of, a great many: “许多”、“大量”之意, a great deal常与不可数名词连用,a great many则与可数名词的复数形式连用。
As the New Year is approaching, we have a great deal of preparation work to do.
随着新年即将来到，我们有大量的准备工作要做。
The High Island Reservoir can store a great deal of water. 万宜水库能蓄藏大量的水。
There are a great many trees and flowers in the botanical garden.
植物公园里有许多树木和花草。
4. a (large/great) number of 表示许多的，只能修饰可数名词的复数形式；做主语时，谓语动词用复数。
A large number of high-tech products have been made in that factory.
那个工厂生产了许多高科技产品。
5. many 修饰可数名词, much修饰不可数名词。
many a和many同义，但语气比较强，并且要与单数名词及谓语动词单数连用。
Many a prisoner has been set free. (=Many prisoners have been set free.)
很多犯人已经被释放了。
I don’t eat much for lunch. 午饭我吃得不多。
