...yet this work equals, in monetary terms, two-thirds of the total of wages and salaries paid by all the corporations in the United States.
A. figure B. quantity C. number D. amount
正确答案为D,但amount一般与不可数名词连用,这里wages and salaries是复数形式,为何不选择C呢?
虽然amount of 后面接的名词是“复数”,但,这个名词的词义表示“不可数定义”。如网友句子中的 wages and salaries,实质指money。又如:
What was the total amount of your sales last year?
你们去年的年销售额是多少?
这里,sales (复数)指“销售额”,要用money 体现。