区别: 1)the number of修饰可数名词 The president has made a large number of mistakes.总统已犯了许多错误.
2)the amount of 修饰不可数名词 She spent a very large amount of money yesterday.她昨天花了好大一笔钱.本回答被提问者采纳
第2个回答 2014-11-07
amount → 普通用词,与quantity近义,但强调整体,指把所有数量、重量及度量归并在一起得出的总数。 number → 普通用词,指人或物的数目,强调数的概念。 The number of homeless people has increased dramatically. 无家可归者的人数急剧增加了 They want to limit the amount of cash available