amounta•mount /ə'maʊnt/

n C,U

1. 总数，总额

• a large amount of money 一大笔钱

2. 总的含义，全部意义；总效果

• Anna attracted a fair amount of public sympathy. 安娜得到了大家的同情。

词组any amount of 极大量(的…)

• In order to obtain the document, we took any amount of trouble. 为了弄到文件，我们历尽艰辛。

no amount of 即使再大的…(也不)

• No amount of persuasion could make her change her mind. 任你怎样劝她，也无法使她改变主意。