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a great deal （of）<-->a kind of
a good/great many
大量，许多
1. I have a good many things to do today.
我今天有很多事要做。
2. He had a good many friends here.
他在这儿有很多朋友。
3. Nobody knows how he was murdered, but a good many people behind the scenes can guess why.
谁也不知道他是怎样遇害的，但不少知道内情的人却能猜测出他遭受杀害的内中缘由。
4. I've had a good many disappointments in my time.
我一生中经历了许多令人失望的事。
a great many:
a. 许多(很多,大量)
例句与用法:
1. A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudice.
许多人，当他们正在整理自己的偏见之时，以为是在思考呢。
2. Helen has a great many friends indeed, but she does not think she has any she can confide in.
海伦固然有许多朋友，可是她认为没有一个是可以谈贴心话的。
3. The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.
这座城市甚至还敷设过排水系统，因为在窄窄的街道底下发现了许多陶土制的管道。
4. He has extracted a great many examples from the grammar book.
他从那本文法书中引用了许多例子。
详解：a good/great many means very many 中心词是many 用法与many是一样的,只是加good /great 来表示many 的一种程度
另外还有一个比较特殊的词组是
many a means a large number of 许多,但是用法与a是相同的,后面加单数名词
eg:
Many a famous scientist is in this meeting.
A good/great many scientists are in this meeting.
[拓展] 英语中有很多短语表示“大量；许多”，根据性质可分为以下三类：
★ 修饰可数名词的有：a good / great many, a large / great number of, scores of等，谓语动词用复数形式。如：
A great / good many words and expressions have come into the language from American English.
这门语言吸收了美国英语中的许多单词和短语。
There were scores of boxes, all waiting to be checked and loaded. 大批的箱子等着检验后装运。
★ 修饰不可数名词的有：a large amount of等，谓语动词用单数形式。如：
He has spent a large amount of money on his new house.
他在新房子上花费了许多钱。
★ 既能修饰可数名词，又能修饰不可数名词的有：a lot of, lots of, plenty of等，谓语动词根据被修饰的名词是可数还是不可数来决定单复数形式。如：
There are a lot of / lots of people in that room.
那个房间里有许多人。
There’s a lot of / lots of rice in the bag.
那只口袋里有许多大米。
There are plenty of eggs in the fridge.
冰箱里有足够的鸡蛋。
Don’t worry about it. We have plenty of time.
不要着急，我们有充裕的时间。
a great deal （of）<-->a kind of
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