“表许多”常见的英语表述有:“a lot of”、“lots of”、“many”、“much”、“a great deal of”、“a large number of” 、“a large amount of” 等。
“many” 通常用于修饰可数名词复数形式,例如:Many students are in the classroom.(许多学生在教室里。)
“much” 用于修饰不可数名词,比如:There is much water in the bottle.(瓶子里有很多水。)
“a lot of” 和“lots of” 既可以修饰可数名词复数,也可以修饰不可数名词,例如:There are a lot of / lots of books on the shelf.(书架上有许多书。) ; We have a lot of / lots of time. (我们有很多时间。)
“a great deal of” 只能修饰不可数名词,如:He has spent a great deal of money. (他花了很多钱。)
“a large number of” 用于修饰可数名词复数,如:A large number of people came to the party. (许多人来参加聚会。)
“a large amount of” 用于修饰不可数名词,例如:A large amount of work needs to be done. (有大量的工作需要完成。)
具体使用哪个短语,要根据所修饰的名词是可数还是不可数来决定。