a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number;
"many temptations" "the temptations are many" "a good many" "a great many" "many directions" "take as many apples as you like" "too many clouds to see" "never saw so many people"
在英语口语中,many通常用于否定句、疑问句中。在肯定句中many多用于正式文体,相当于口语中的a lot of或lots of。另外,当其单独作主语或宾语,含有对比意味时,当其充当名词词组中心,只带有后置定语时或当其前面常有as, so, too, very, a good, a great等词或词组时,many也用于肯定句中。