quantities of和amounts of都指“大量的”，后可接不可数名词也可以接可数名词复数；充当主语时，是复数概念，因为其中心词是quantities和amounts。请看经典范例：
Large quantities of drugs were found during a police swoop on the star's New York home.
警方对这位明星在纽约的住所进行突击搜查，发现了大量毒品。
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Quantities of food were on the table.
桌子上有大量食物。
Considerable quantities of CO ₂ are adsorbed even by perfectly dry glass powder.
完全干燥玻璃粉吸附大量的二氧化碳。
They ordered quantities of farm implements.
他们订购了大量农具。
We import huge quantities of oil each year.
我们每年进口大量石油。
They may have weaponized quantities of anthrax.
他们可能已将大量炭疽制成了武器。
They were used to imbibing enormous quantities of alcohol
他们过去习惯于狂饮烈酒。
When condors eat dead bodies of other animals containing lead, they absorb large quantities of lead ．
当秃鹰吃掉其他含铅动物的尸体时,它们会吸收大量的铅。
You are given pills with small quantities of nicotine to wean you from cigarettes
会给你一些含少量尼古丁的药片帮你戒除烟瘾。
The state allotted them large quantities of chemical fertilizer.
国家给他们调拨了大量化肥。
Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge.
这座桥花费了大量的钱。
Huge amounts of weapons remain to be collected.
大量的武器仍有待收缴。
The electricity industry consumes large amounts of fossil fuels.
电力工业消耗大量的矿物燃料。
Vast amounts of energy, from X-rays right through the spectrum down to radio waves, are escaping into space
大量的能量，从X光直到无线电电波，都正被泄露到太空中去。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.
原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
Nuclear fission releases tremendous amounts of energy.
核裂变释放出巨大的能量。
Today, scholars have generated large amounts of instructive research about restaurants ．
如今,学者们已经对餐馆进行了大量有指导意义的研究。
These animals consumed large amounts of vegetation, which reduced plant diversity in the park ．
这些动物吃掉了大部分的植被，减少了公园内的植物多样性。（高考真题2017）
I went out for a meal last night and drank copious amounts of red wine
我昨晚出去吃饭，喝了很多红酒。
Earthworms consume large amounts of soil, and produce a rich humus, perfect in texture.
蚯蚓吃下大量土壤，排出肥力丰富、物理结构理想的腐殖质。
The star grew 30% brighter and threw off huge amounts of radiation.
那颗星的亮度增加了30%并释放出大量辐射。
The Martian atmosphere contains only tiny amounts of water.
火星的大气层中只含有极少量的水。
It was profitable for them to produce large amounts of food.
生产大量的食物能让他们获利。
The council has committed large amounts of money to housing projects.
市政会在住宅项目上投入了大量资金。
Modern computers can organize large amounts of data very quickly.
现代计算机能迅速处理大量的信息资料。