178　lots of, a lot和a lot of

1　a lot 是副词词组，意为“非常，……多”，用于修饰动词、形容词或副词比较级，但不可修饰形容词原级。a lot 也可用作名词，作主语或宾语。

He works a lot . 他干得很多。

I liked the book a lot . 我非常喜欢这本书。（=very much）

She is a lot better today. 她今天好多了。（=much better）

He did the work a lot more carefully than the others. 他做这项工作比其他人小心多了。

I have a lot to do today. 我今天有许多事情要做。

It is very cold today. （正）今天很冷 。

It is a lot cold today. （误）

　注意下面肯定句和否定句的转换：

He hates her a lot . 他非常恨她 。

He doesn't hate her at all. 他一点也不恨她 。

I know her a lot . 她很了解她 。

I don't know her at all . 我一点也不了解她 。

2　a lot of 和lots of 意为“许多，很多”，常可换用，修饰复数名词或不可数名词。

He has a lot of books . （正）他有许多书 。

He has lots of books . （正）

He has lot of books. （误）

She has a lot of money . （正）他有许多钱 。

She has lots of money . （正）

比较

He has lots of friends . 他有许多朋友。

He hasn't many friends . 他没有多少朋友。

He has lots of time. 他有许多时间。

He hasn't much time. 他没有多少时间。

提示

a lot和a lot of可以用quite修饰，但不用very或rather修饰。

It snows quite a lot here in winter. 这里冬天多雪。

There are quite a lot of students on the sports ground. 操场上有许多学生。