[文法] "a lot happens"的用法?

作者: scju (QQ)   2016-06-21 00:29:55
大家好,想請問一下
英語雜誌的單元是介紹加油站,裡頭有這麼一段話:
So today is all about gas stations.
Well, it might seem like a normal place, but a lot happens at the gas station.
Exactly.
If you have a car, then a gas station is really important for you.
作者: chiangnitw (輕女神)   2016-06-21 01:14:00
a lot是主詞吧
作者: ifa (why早餐店不賣熱可樂?)   2016-06-21 03:07:00
應該是指很多事情發生吧!whatever happens, im coming thought 不管發生什麼事 我都會挺過來。
作者: enonrick (EnonRick)   2016-06-21 09:55:00
lot是名詞 且單數,前面a是冠詞
作者: dashihito (James)   2016-06-21 13:44:00
這邊的a lot很明顯是主詞沒錯,但我會直接聯想到像many, much等代名詞。如果單就動詞是happens看來,這邊的a lot應該是像等於much。不過問題就來了,如果說是a+lot的形式,那這邊的lot的中文是…?如果說是a lot=much,那代掉的名詞又是…?(其實光是前面的it代替gas stations我就覺得超怪的,第三人稱複數不是該用they嗎?)
作者: enonrick (EnonRick)   2016-06-21 14:35:00
it 沒有代stations,中間是period 上下句已有各自的標的,第一句是introduction該文的引言,it 就只是表示單一標的。因為我們常看到a lot of的用法所以忘了lot 是單數詞,這邊單純只是一般的不定冠詞+名詞的用法a lot of money -> a lot of =adjhe drank a lot -> a lot = adva lot happens = things happen = shit happens (誤)->a lot = noun
作者: ChAngie ( Angie )   2016-06-22 02:04:00
指很多事情
作者: scju (QQ)   2016-06-22 22:14:00
感謝各位!

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