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quan·ti·ty / 5kwBntEtI ; 5kwRntEti /noun (plural quantities)
1. C,Uan amount of something that can be counted or measured数量:
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•The police also found a quantity of ammunition in the flat.警方还在公寓里发现了一些弹药。
•Add 50 grams of butter, and the same quantity of sugar.加入 50 克黄油和等量的糖。
a large / small / vast etc quantity of sth
•He had consumed a large quantity of alcohol.他喝了大量的酒。
•Huge quantities of oil were spilling into the sea.大量石油泄漏溢进大海。
in large / small / sufficient etc quantities
•Buy vegetables in small quantities, for your immediate use.蔬菜不要多买，即买即用。
•Your work has improved in quantity and quality this term.这学期你的作业在数量和质量上都有提高。
► Do not say 不要说 'a big quantity'. Say 而要说 a large quantity .
2. Uthe large amount of something大量; 大批; 众多:
•The sheer quantity of text meant that people did not read the whole of their newspaper.他们的报纸文字多得令读者看不完。
3. in quantity in large amounts大量，许多:
•It's a lot cheaper if you buy it in quantity .大批量购买要便宜得多。
⇒be an unknown quantity at UNKNOWN¹ (4)

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