We didn't see a lot of her nowadays.
我们现在很少看到她。(《牛津现代高级英汉双解词典》P675)
I haven't got a lot of news to tell you. 《剑桥英语学习词典》(2001版)
L·G·亚历山大先生对a lot of用法的解释有:“a lot of和lots of也出现在否定句中,尤其我们强调否定或否认时”。并有例为证:
“I havn't a lot ofpatience with hypochondriacs! 我对忧郁症患者可没有多大耐心。”(《朗文英语语法》P184) |