quantity词语用法

1.数量;量
Aquantity is an amount that you can measure or count.

e.g. ...a smallquantity of water.
少量的水
e.g. ...vast quantities of food...
大量食品

2.大量;大宗；大批
Things that are produced or available inquantity are produced or available in large amounts.

e.g. After some initial problems, acetone was successfully produced inquantity...
解决了最初的一些问题之后，终于成功地制造出了大量丙酮。
e.g. But even with those databases, the sheerquantity of data can still cause problems.
可是即便有了那些数据库，数据的数量之大仍然会带来问题。

3.(尤指和质量相对的)数量
You can usequantity to refer to the amount of something that there is, especially when you want to contrast it with its quality.

e.g. ...the less discerning drinker who prefersquantity to quality...
不求质、但求量的不那么识货的饮酒者
e.g. In terms ofquantity, production grew faster than ever before.
从数量上看，产量增长的速度比以往任何时期都要快。

4.未知量;未知数
If you say that someone or something is anunknown quantity, you mean that not much is known about what they are like or how they will behave.

e.g. He is an unknownquantity for his rivals.
对于对手们而言，他是个未知数。

1.quantity：qty; 定额，数量

2.quantity：quant; 数量性

• double the quantity使数量翻一番
• produce huge quantity大量生产

• certain quantity若干数量
• great quantity大量
• large quantity相当大的数量
• small quantity小量
• unknown quantity未知量,难以预测的人或事

• in quantity数量上
• in great quantity大量

• a quantity of一定量的,一些,许多
• quantity of electricity电量
• quantity of heat热量

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B：Do you offer anyquantity discounts ?
大量购买有折扣吗？

A：No, we don‘t.
不，没有。

quantity的解释

B：Then give us three cases of this .
那么这种的就买三箱好了。

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B：Doesn‘t thequantity discount apply on this order ?
这次下的单子没有大宗折扣吗？

A：No ,I‘m sorry ,but it doesn‘t.
抱歉，没有。

B：Why not?
为什么没有？

A：Because these items are from different shipments.
因为这几项品目不属同一批货。

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quantity的翻译

B：I‘m calling about mistake on our last invoice .
我打电话来，是因为上回的有错。

A：What was it ?
怎么啦。

B：We should have been given the largequantity price .
你应该开大宗折扣价才是。

A：Yes ,that is absolutely right .
啊，对的，是应该这样。

• ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的quantite；最初源自拉丁语的quantitatem，意为相对的程度和数量。