在人教版的新目標七年級英語課本后面的生詞表中lot標為副詞,我查了幾個字典,都顯示lot只做名稱,請問lot可以做副詞嗎,在thank you a lot 中lot是名稱還是副詞
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在現代英語中,有些詞典也把 lot 當作副詞用,但同時注明,此時主要用于 a lot, lots 這樣的形式。下面是《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第六版對lot 用作副詞的用法解釋和例句:
adverb (informal)
1. (a lot) (also informal lots) used with adjectives and adverbs to mean “much”: I’m feeling a lot better today. | I eat lots less than I used to.
2. (a lot) used with verbs to mean “a great amount”: I care a lot about you. | Thanks a lot for your help. | I play tennis quite a lot (= often) in the summer.