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单词 plenty
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plenty

UK /ˈplenti/

DEFINITIONS4
Plenty is used in the following ways:
as a pronoun: ‘How long will it take?’ ‘Five minutes should be plenty.’She always has plenty to say. (followed by ‘of’): Don’t hurry – we have plenty of time.
as an adverb: The restaurant is plenty big enough for forty people.
as an uncountable noun: a time of plenty
  1. 1
    a large amount of something, or a large number of things or people, usually more than enough

    We spent all day painting one side of the house, but there’s still plenty left to do.

    plenty of:

    There’s plenty of room for luggage behind the seats.

    I had plenty of time to think over what I was going to do.

    You’re always complaining. Plenty of people would be happy to have your job.

    They had plenty of chances to win the game, but they lost anyway.

    plenty more:

    There’s plenty more ice cream in the freezer.

    Synonyms and related words

    Large quantities or amounts
  2. 2
    mainly Americanmainly spokenused for emphasizing that there is enough or a lot of a particular quality

    Unloading our cargo kept us plenty busy for the five days at Pusan.

    plenty big/large/strong etc enough:

    The car’s plenty big enough for all of us.

    Synonyms and related words

    Enough and sufficiency
  3. 3
    mainly Americanmainly spokenused for saying that someone does something a lot

    He talks plenty, but that’s all he doestalk.

  4. 4
    formala situation in which large supplies of something are available, especially food

    a time of plenty


phrases

in plenty

plenty

US /ˈplenti/

DEFINITIONS4
Plenty is used in the following ways:
as a pronoun: “How long will it take?” “Five minutes should be plenty.”She always has plenty to say. (followed by “of”): Don’t hurry – we have plenty of time.
as an adverb: The restaurant is plenty big enough for forty people.
as an uncountable noun: a time of plenty
  1. 1
    a large amount of something, or a large number of things or people, usually more than enough

    We spent all day painting one side of the house, but there’s still plenty left to do.

    plenty of:

    There’s plenty of room for luggage behind the seats.

    I had plenty of time to think over what I was going to do.

    You’re always complaining. Plenty of people would be happy to have your job.

    They had plenty of chances to win the game, but they lost anyway.

    plenty more:

    There’s plenty more ice cream in the freezer.

    Synonyms and related words

    Large quantities or amounts
  2. 2
    mainly spokenused for emphasizing that there is enough or a lot of a particular quality

    Unloading our cargo kept us plenty busy for the five days at Pusan.

    plenty big/large/strong etc. enough:

    The car’s plenty big enough for all of us.

    Synonyms and related words

    Enough and sufficiency
  3. 3
    mainly spokenused for saying that someone does something a lot

    He talks plenty, but that’s all he doestalk.

  4. 4
    formala situation in which large supplies of something are available, especially food

    a time of plenty


phrases

in plenty
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