SAT词汇的掌握是大家取得SAT考试好成绩的基础，今天小编为大家提供的是SAT真词amount，以下是详细内容。

　　amount

　　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;

　　第三人称单数：amounts过去分词：amounted复数：amounts现在进行时：amounting过去式：amounted

　　1.N-VAR总数;总额The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.

　　He needs that amount of money to survive...

　　他需要那样一笔钱以生存下去。

　　2.VERB合计;共计If something amounts to a particular total, all the parts of it add up to that total.

　　Consumer spending on sports-related items amounted to ￡9.75 billion.

　　消费者在体育相关产品上的花费共计97.5亿英镑。

　　3.PHRASE大量If you say that there is any amount of something, there is a lot of it. If you say that there are any amount of people or things, there are many people or things.

　　I'm able to lay my hands on any amount of cash at a minute's notice...

　　多少钱我都可以马上弄到。

　　Usage Note:

　　You should avoid using a plural noun after amount of; instead you should use number of with a plural noun. ...the number of people out of work.

　　amount of后不用复数名词，而number of后要用复数名词：the number of people out of work(失业人数)。

　　相关词组: amount to

　　例句：

　　1.At the same time, debt grew by a comparable amount.

　　与此同时，债务的增长数额与此相仿。

　　2.That limits the amount of cash flowing into the country and creates large trade imbalances.

　　这些限制了流入该国的现金额，创造了庞大的贸易逆差。

　　3.That's twice the recommended amount.

　　这是推荐量的两倍。

　　以上就是今天的SAT真题词汇：amount的相关内容。