quantity 英 [ˈkwɒntəti]   美 [ˈkwɑntəti]

quantity

quantity  英 [ˈkwɒntəti] 美 [ˈkwɑntəti]

n. 量,数量;大量; 

名词复数:quantities 

a large quantity of sth,a small quantity of sth 大量╱小量的某物
huge quantities of food 大量的食物

  • Quantity tells you “how much.” If you're concerned with quantity not quality, it's more important how many you have than how good they are.
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  • n. 量,数量;大量;
  • 1. a large quantity of sth,a small quantity of sth

    大量╱小量的某物

  • 2. huge quantities of food

    大量的食物

  • 3. a product that is cheap to produce in large quantities

    可以大批廉价生产的产品

  • 4. Is it available in sufficient quantity?

    这东西能不能足量供应?

  • 5. The data is limited in terms of both quality and quantity.

    这份资料在质量和数量上都很有限。

  • 6. The police found a quantity of drugs at his home.

    警察在他家发现了大量毒品。

  • 7. It's cheaper to buy goods in quantity.

    大量购物比较便宜。

  • quantity (n.) early 14c., from Old French quantite, cantite (12c., Modern French quantité) and directly from Latin quantitatem (nominative quantitas) "relative greatness or extent," coined as a loan-translation of Greek posotes (from posos "how great? how much?") from Latin quantus "of what size? how much? how great? what amount?," correlative pronominal adjective (from PIE root *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns). Latin quantitatem also is the source of Italian quantita, Spanish cantidad, Danish and Swedish kvantitet, German quantitat.
quan·tity / ˈkwɒntəti ; NAmE ˈkwɑːntəti / noun ( plural quan·tities ) 1 [countable ,  uncountable ] an amount or a number of sth 数量;数额;数目 a large/small quantityof sth 大量╱小量的某物 enormous/vast/huge quantitiesof food 大量的食物 a product that is cheap to produce in large quantities 可以大批廉价生产的产品 Is it available in sufficient quantity? 这东西能不能足量供应? 2 [uncountable ] the measurement of sth by saying how much of it there is 量;数量 The data is limited in terms of both quality and quantity. 这份资料在质量和数量上都很有限。 3 [countable ,  uncountable ] a large amount or number of sth 大量;大批;众多;大宗 The police found a quantity of drugs at his home. 警察在他家发现了大量毒品。 It's cheaper to buy goods in quantity. 大量购物比较便宜。 I was overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of information available. 单是已有的信息量就大得令我不知所措。 IDIOMsee unknown quantity quantities quan·tity / ˈkwɒntəti ; NAmE ˈkwɑːntəti /
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