1 a lot 是副词词组,意为“非常,……多”,用于修饰动词、形容词或副词比较级,但不可修饰形容词原级。a lot 也可用作名词,作主语或宾语。
He works a lot . 他干得很多。
I liked the book a lot . 我非常喜欢这本书。(=very much)
She is a lot better today. 她今天好多了。(=much better)
He did the work a lot more carefully than the others. 他做这项工作比其他人小心多了。
I have a lot to do today. 我今天有许多事情要做。
It is very cold today. (正)今天很冷 。
It is a lot cold today. (误)
注意下面肯定句和否定句的转换:
He hates her a lot . 他非常恨她 。
He doesn't hate her at all. 他一点也不恨她 。
I know her a lot . 她很了解她 。
I don't know her at all . 我一点也不了解她 。
2 a lot of 和lots of 意为“许多,很多”,常可换用,修饰复数名词或不可数名词。
He has a lot of books . (正)他有许多书 。
He has lots of books . (正)
He has lot of books. (误)
She has a lot of money . (正)他有许多钱 。
She has lots of money . (正)
比较
He has lots of friends . 他有许多朋友。
He hasn't many friends . 他没有多少朋友。
He has lots of time. 他有许多时间。
He hasn't much time. 他没有多少时间。
提示
a lot和a lot of可以用quite修饰,但不用very或rather修饰。
It snows quite a lot here in winter. 这里冬天多雪。
There are quite a lot of students on the sports ground. 操场上有许多学生。