amounts

The water contains high amounts of magnesium.

这水含有镁。

The food was analysed root and branch and found to contain small amounts of poison.

对这种食物进行彻底地分析后, 发现其中含有毒药。

Penny put in a tremendous amount of time.

彭尼投入了时间。

He displayed an originality amounting almost to genius.

他显示出近乎天才创造性。

They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes.

他们在衣服上钱太多了。

We spend a disproportionate amount of our income on rent.

我们收入在房租上比例太了。

It is necessary to decrease the amount of coal used.

必须减缩用煤。

This new law amounts to a tax evader's charter.

这项新法律简直成了为逃税者开许可证。

Large amounts of money were spent on the magnificent building.

这幢气派了钱。

My mother limits the amount of food that I eat.

我母亲限制我饭。

By any yardstick, that’s a large amount of money.

用任何标准衡，那都是巨金额。

It may limit the amount of sparkover to an acceptable rate.

它可把火放电频率控制在允许范围内。

We gather up from various sources a great amount of firsthand data.

我们从各种来源收集了第一手资料。

There was a negligible amount of rain in that region last year.

去年在那个地区只有轻微雨。

Appreciable amounts of noxious waste are still being dumped into the harbor.

可以估算有害废物仍被倾倒入海港。

Julia’s been promoted, and not before time, considering the amount of work she does.

朱莉娅升职了，其实她做了那么多工作，也该升了。

It takes an incomprehensibly huge amount of similar energy “sticking together,” thusly, to form matter.

于是，难以想象相似能“黏在一起”就形成了物质。

The amounts are repayable by instalments.

这些金额可以分期偿还。

Large amounts of money were wasted.

浪费了钱。

A large amount of amorce was needed.

需要起爆剂。