托福词汇之数量表达 (三)

have (sth.) to spare 有多余的...

例句：Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare.
充分利用时间的人不会有余暇。

head and shoulders above 大大超出,水平高很多

​例句：I’m here in the Obama California headquarters… Barack Obama, for me, is head and shoulders above anyone else and it’s time for change and he brings the hope of the country.

我现在正在奥巴马的加州竞选总部。 奥巴马对我来说，是远远超过其他人的选择，现在正是改变一切的时候，他给这个国家带来了希望。

in abundance 大量地

​例句：School groups in abundance, in this author’s view, add charm to any museum.
在作者看来，大量的学童可以为任何博物馆增加魅力。

in quantity 大量地,大批地

​例句：As a developer you can now offer a lower price to a school when they buy your app in quantity.
作为开发者，你可以在某所学校大量购买你的应用程序时提供较低的折扣价格。

on a large scale 大批量;大规模

​例句：Raising poultry on a large scale needs more feed, which needs more land and leads to the cutting of the trees.
大规模地饲养家畜需要更多地饲料，这就意味着需要更多的土地，并导致砍伐树木。

plenty of 丰富,大量

​例句：He indulges his son with plenty of pocket money.
他纵容他的儿子，给他许多零用钱。

quite a bit/few/little/lot 相当多,有相当多的数目

​例句：I tend to get quite a lot of such questions, and my answer is always the same – stuff like this cannot be fixed on the internet in general.
我注意到很多人提问这方面，但是我的答案总是那么一个——像这种有精神方面疾病的人是不能够在网上找到解决方法的。

rich in sth. 富于...

​例句：It’s rich in Vitamin and it gives us energy and vitality.
它含有丰富的维生素，能给我们补充能量和注入活力。

safety in numbers 人多保险,势众

​例句：It's big enough to defend itself; there is safety in numbers.
它大到足以保卫其自身，而且数量就是安全。

scores of 许多

​例句：The idea that loneliness spreads like a contagion was based on the observation that, over time, scores of loneliness seemed to spread to the edge of a network.
孤独可以像传染病一样传播的观点建立在这一观察基础之上：长期的观察发现许多孤独感似乎扩散到了这一网络的边缘。