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  • Conjugation : more  more ; most  most
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

many ['mεnɪ]
  1. 1. adjective [+people] [ things] [ ideas] (a lot of) 许多
    Many people have been killed.
    许多人被杀害
    Not many films are made in Finland.
    芬兰出品电影不是很多。
  2. 2. pronoun 许多
    Some find jobs, but many are forced to beg.
    一些找到工作,但许多被迫乞讨
    how many
    多少
    How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
    一天多少香烟
  3. 3. pronoun (indirect question) 多少
    No-one knows how many people were killed.
    没有人知道多少人被杀害
    as many as you can
    尽可能
    twice as many (as)
    (是…的)两倍
    We produce ten times as many tractors as the United States.
    我们生产拖拉机美国的10倍。
    as many as ten thousand people
    一万人之多
    a good {or} great many
    相当
    many a time
    许多次

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

many [ˈmenɪ]
  1. 1. pronoun 许多许多人(或物)
  2. 2. adjective 许多的,很多的
    The temptations are many.
    诱惑很多。
  3. 3. n.[c] 大多数人,多数人

Collins English-English Dictionary

many ['mεnɪ]
  1. 1. determiner [sometimes preceded by a great or a good] a large number of
    many coaches
    many times
  2. 2. determiner (as pronoun; functioning as plural)
    many are seated already
  3. 3. determiner [foll by a, an, or another, and a singular noun] each of a considerable number of
    many a man
  4. 4. determiner [preceded by as, too, that, etc] a great number of
    as many apples as you like
    too many clouds to see
  5. 5. determiner (as pronoun; functioning as plural)
    I have as many as you
  6. 6. n See also more most
  7. 7. n [Etymology] Old English manig; related to Old Frisian manich, Middle Dutch menech, Old High German manag

Examples

Many friends of mine saw action in Vietnam and many never came back.
我的许多朋友在越南亲眼目睹过战争场面,而他们当中有许多人却再也没有回来。
There are simply too many variables and too many unknowns in the equation.
这个方程式只是有太多变量和太多未解。
He was a man of many words and many graphic gestures.
他是一个话多的人,还不停比划着生动的手势。
We will not remind you of his many crimes.
我们不会提醒你有关他的许多罪恶的。
a scientific principle having many applications in industry
一条在工业上具有多种用途的科学原理
many ideas churning in his brain
他脑海里翻腾着的许多想法
a good many
相当多

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