quantity
n. 數量,數額; 大量,眾多
A quantity is an amount that you can measure or count.
...a small quantity of water.
少量的水
...vast quantities of food...
大量食品
Things that are produced or available in quantity are produced or available in large amounts.
After some initial problems, acetone was successfully produced in quantity...
解決了最初的一些問題之後,終於成功地製造出了大量丙酮。
But even with those databases, the sheer quantity of data can still cause problems.
可是即便有了那些資料庫,資料的數量之大仍然會帶來問題。
You can use quantity to refer to the amount of something that there is, especially when you want to contrast it with its quality.
...the less discerning drinker who prefers quantity to quality...
不求質、但求量的不那麼識貨的飲酒者
In terms of quantity, production grew faster than ever before.
從數量上看,產量增長的速度比以往任何時期都要快。
If you say that someone or something is an unknown quantity, you mean that not much is known about what they are like or how they will behave.
He is an unknown quantity for his rivals.
對於對手們而言,他是個未知數。
1. how much there is of something that you can quantify
2. an adequate or large amount;
3. something that has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
quantity, amount, number, sum
這些名詞均有"總數,總量"之意。
A large quantity of water is stored in the reservoir.
水庫存了大量的水.
Don't strive merely for quantity of production.
在生產中不要單純地追求數量.
She was burdened with a large quantity of parcels.
她吃力地捧著一大堆包裹.
The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.
這家工廠意外洩漏大量有毒廢物到海中.
They aim at quality rather than quantity.
他們的目的在於提高質量而不是增加數量.