a lot of

a lot of   许多

【例句】

◆ I would like you to read a lot of books this year, but l want you to read them only for pleasure．我希望你们这一年读许多书，但我想让你们仅仅为了乐趣去读它们。（浙江高考）

【辨析】a lot of和a lot

a lot of后跟可数名词或不可数名词均可。如：Science has a lot of uses．科学有许多用途。（湖北高考）

a lot意为”许多，大量”，常用作状语，修饰动词和形容词、副词的比较级。如：feel a lot better感觉好多了。