When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
there are less than one-quarter that many
there are fewer than one-quarter as many
there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
the number is less than one-quarter the amount
it is less than one-quarter of that amount
1. fewer and less区别
2.amount 不可数
补充 as many 的用法
1. as many的用法(摘自Longman):
as many=a number that is equal to another number 表示同样的数字
They say the people of Los Angeles speak 12 languages and teach just as many in the schools.
in as many days/weeks/games etc.
A great trip! We visited five countries in as many days (=in five days).
*: "twice as many", "one-quarter as many", etc.都是非常常见的用法,记住这样的表达。
那有木有as much??如果d
换成1/4 of that number或者as much?
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mark
所以朗文的意思是as many可以当作名词词组是吗
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mark
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