[, ]a quantity of money金额◆You will receive a bill for the full amount.你将收到一张全额账单。◆The insurance company will refund any amount due to you.保险公司将退还你应得的全部款项。◆Small amounts will be paid in cash.少量金额将会用现金支付。⨁to pay / receive / refund an amount付／收／退款⨁to increase / lower / reduce an amount提高／降低／减少金额⨁large / small amounts大／小金额⨁the full / right / total amount全部／适当／总金额 (used especially with uncountable nouns 尤与不可数名词连用) a quantity of sth数量；数额◆The amount of time shoppers spend in a store affects how much they will buy.顾客在商店花费的时间量会影响其购买支出的多少。◆We want to double the amount of business that we do in London.我们希望在伦敦的业务量增加一倍。◆The company has huge amounts of debt.公司有巨额债务。➡amounts differ face amount