amountof「amount of和amounts of」

1. lots of+可数名词，如：

Lots of people like Italian food.

许多人喜欢意大利食物。

There are lots of people there who can actually help you.

那里有很多人可以真正帮上你的忙。

Her daily life involved meeting lots of people.

她在日常生活中要接触很多人。

There are lots of fun things for young people to do here.

这里有许多供年轻人玩乐的东西。

Lots of people like Italian food.

许多人喜欢意大利食物。

There are lots of Italian restaurants dotted around London.

伦敦到处都有意大利餐馆。

Of course there were lots of other interesting things at the exhibition

当然，展览上还有很多其他有趣的展品。

2. lots of+不可数名词，此时谓语动词用单数；如：

There was lots of food left over.

饭菜剩下了不少。

There's lots of money about these days for schemes like this.

近来这类计划资金充足。

There is lots of reading in class.

课上要进行大量的阅读。

3. amounts of+不可数名词，谓语动词用复数，如：

Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge.

这座桥花费了大量的钱。

We import huge quantities of oil each year.

我们每年进口大量石油。

Huge amounts of weapons remain to be collected.

大量的武器仍有待收缴。

Vast amounts of energy, from X-rays right through the spectrum down to radio waves, are escaping into space

大量的能量，从X光直到无线电电波，都正被泄露到太空中去。

Vast amounts of money are being invested in the local market.

大量资金投放在当地市场上。

当然，a( larger )amount of+不可数名词，其谓语动词用单数：

A small amount of this paint goes a long way.

这种涂料用一点就可涂一大片。

A tremendous amount of work has gone into the project.

大量的工作已投入到这项工程。

There is still an immense amount of work to be done.

还有非常非常多的工作没有做。

Only a small amount of the rainwater actually infiltrates into the soil.

实际上只有少量雨水渗进了土壤。

另外，要注意：amounts of（an amount of）这两个结构后都只跟不可数名词。

quantities of(a quantity of)这两个结构可跟不可数名词或复数名词；amounts of和quantities of这两个结构中，amounts和quantities都被视为中心词，所以谓语动词用复数：

Quantities of food were on the table.

桌子上有大量的食物。

Large quantities of drugs were found during a police swoop on the star's New York home.

警方对这位明星在纽约的住所进行突击搜查，发现了大量毒品。

Quantities of flowers are on the table.

桌子上有大量的花。

Considerable quantities of CO ? are adsorbed even by perfectly dry glass powder.

完全干燥玻璃粉吸附大量的二氧化碳。

Quantities of energy are saved today.今天大量的能源被节约。

Quantities of cash have been withdrawn from the bank.

大量的现金以及从银行取出。