a‧mount 1 S1 W1 / əmaʊnt / 名词 [可数和不可数名词]

1 a quantity of something such as time, money, or a substance

amount of

They spend equal amounts of time in California and New York.

a considerable/large/enormous etc amount

a considerable amount of money

a small/tiny etc amount

a tiny amount of dirt

Please pay the full amount (= of money ) by the end of the month.

2 used to talk about how much there is of a feeling or quality

a large/considerable etc amount of something

Her case has attracted an enormous amount of public sympathy.

a certain/fair amount of something

Dina encountered a fair amount of envy among her colleagues.

3 no amount of something can/will etc do something used to say that something has no effect :

No amount of persuasion could make her change her mind.

4 any amount of something used to say that there is plenty of something, and no more is needed :

The school has any amount of resources and equipment.

THESAURUS

amount how much of something there is : Try to reduce the amount of fat in your diet. | a tiny amount of poison

quantity a particular amount of food, liquid, or another substance that can be measured – used especially in written descriptions and instructions : Make sure that you add the right quantity of milk. | They buy the wood in large quantities.

volume the amount of something such as business activity or traffic, especially when this is large or increasing : The volume of traffic on our roads has risen sharply. | the huge volume of trade with China

level the exact amount of something at one time, which can go up or down at other times : They measured the level of alcohol in his blood. | There is a high level of unemployment.

proportion the amount of something, compared with the whole amount that exists : the proportion of road accidents caused by drunk drivers | A high proportion of the students were from poor families.

quota a maximum amount of something that can be produced, sold, brought into a country etc : import quotas on Japanese cars

yield / jild / the amount of something that is produced, especially crops : this year’s cotton yield