...yet this work equals, in monetary terms, two-thirds of the total ( ) of wages and salaries paid by all the corporations in the United States.
A. figure B. quantity C. number D. amount
正确答案为D,但是amount通常与不可数名词连用,这里wages and salaries是复数形式,为什么不选择C呢?
虽然 amount of 后面接的名词是“复数”,但是,这个名词的词义表示“不可数概念”。如网友句子中的 wages and salaries,实际指money。又如:
What was the total amount of your sales last year?
你们去年的年销售额是多少?
这里,sales (复数)指“销售额”,要用money 体现。
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