KEY WORDS & USAGE: abundance

 abundance [ə`bʌndəns] n. 豐富，充裕               衍：abound v.; abundant adj.

This book is illustrated with an abundance of examples.

這本書引用許多例子作說明。

→使用an abundance of之句型時，of後所接之名詞爲單數時，表示[大量的]的意思。of後加複數時表示[多數的]的意思。

 

abundance noun

ADJ.

great, sheer

We were amazed by the sheer abundance of food.

| relative

VERB + ABUNDANCE

have | produce, provide

The country has an abundance of natural resources.

PREP.

in ~

Exotic plants grew there in great abundance.

 

ABUNDANCE

[in N] 38% in N

We had wine in abundance.

我們有充足的葡萄酒。

[adj N] 19% relative N, such N, great N

This time at least there's not the broken glass in such abundance.

這一次，至少沒有破碎的玻璃如此豐富。

[(v) N of n] 16% (be) N of information, (be) N of material, (be) N of man

There was an abundance of food at the wedding.

婚禮上食品豐富。

[n N] 6% food N, resource N, oyster N

An age of relative food abundance is being replaced by one of scarcity.

相對糧食豐富的時代正在被稀缺性所取代。

[(v) N in n] 3% (apply) N in area