辨析

　　a great deal 大量地，非常多的
　　1、作副词
　　The old woman＂s life is a great deal better now.
　　2、作代词
　　We have learnt a great deal from our professor.
　　I have accomplished a great deal in the last fewmonths.
　　We waited for their decision with a great deal ofapprehension.
　　3、作名词(不可数)
　　People spend a great deal of money on National Day.
　　He drinks a great deal of water every day.
　　He offered me a great deal of money.
　　Keeping the house really meant a good deal to me.
　　4、比较：a lot of, lots of 也表示＂非常多＂，但它既可接可数名词，也可接不可数名词。
　　There is a lot of rain here in summer.
　　There are lots of tourists in Beijing every year.
　　A glossy magazine has lots of pictures of fashionable clothes andis printed on good quality paper.
　　He is a bold thinker, with lots of original ideas.
　　5、比较 ：a big deal 重要人物 [a subject, situation, or event which peoplethink is important. ]
　　I don＂t know why this issue has become such a big deal.
　　Losing the match was no big deal.
　　All I said was, I＂m going to have a baby - what＂s the bigdeal?
　　Yes, it＂s his birthday today, but he doesn＂t want to make a bigdeal of it.
　　(= ...but he doesn＂t want to make people notice it by having aspecial celebration)
　　◆a great/good many 非常多，许多(形容词)
　　The young couple has travelled a great many cities since they gotmarried.
　　A great many college students were sent to the West to help thechildren there.
　　Helen has a great many friends indeed, but she does not think shehas any she can confide in.
　　The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great manyclay pipes were found beneath the narrowstreets.
　　He has extracted a great many examples from the grammarbook.
　　比较：
　　1. many a... 许多(后接单数动词)
　　Many a teacher has come to the exhibition.
　　Many a woman has great influence on herhusband.
　　He beguiled us with many a tale ofadventure.
　　2. a lot, lots of, a number of 与 a great many / a good many意义相同。
　　◆ a handful of 一把，少量(作为量词)
　　She scooped up a handful of snow and rolled it into a ball.
　　Only a handful people agree with him, it is a foolis risk.
　　We invited twenty people, but only a handful of themcame.
　　I picked up a handful of letters and began to openthem.
　　比较：
　　同义词组有：a small amount of , a small number of
　　A cap or tube containing a small amount of explosive used todetonate the main explosive charge of a firearm or mine.
　　At this school, only ten people passed the music examination thisyear. That may seem a small number but it＂s(about) par for thecourse.
　　◆ a kind of 有点儿，几分，一种
　　An apple is a kind of fruit.
　　Money is a kind of allurement for us.
　　I have a kind of feeling this might happen. (隐约觉得）
　　I have a kind of suspicion that she told a lie. (有点儿）
　　比较：
　　1. all kinds of / all sorts of 各种各样的
　　Donations came from all kinds of people.
　　All kinds of remarkable thigns began to happen.
　　2. of a kind 同类的，（质量）低劣的
　　There is good news of a kind for Mr. Zhang.
　　She finds solace of a kind in alcohol.