n.(名词)

1. 大量
2. 许多
3. 群众
4. 民众
5. 众多
6. 大众
7. 多
8. 一大群人
9. 【物】集
10. 组
11. 多售
12. 人群
13. 大批百姓
14. 掩藏实情
15. 掩盖真相
16. 大群
17. 大批
18. 多数

n.(名词)

1. [C]大量,许多 a large number
2. [C]大众,民众,群众 ordinary people; the masses

Noun:

1. a large indefinite number;

   "a battalion of ants"
   "a multitude of TV antennas"
   "a plurality of religions"
   

2. a large gathering of people

3. the common people generally;

   "separate the warriors from the mass"
   "power to the people"
   

1.许多;大量;大批;大群
Amultitude of things or people is a very large number of them.

e.g. There are amultitude of small quiet roads to cycle along...
有很多可以骑车的宁静小路。
e.g. Addiction to drugs can bring amultitude of other problems.
毒瘾会带来许多其他问题。

2.一大群人;人群
You can refer to a very large number of people as amultitude .

e.g. ...surrounded by a noisymultitude.
被喧闹的人群围着
e.g. ...the multitudes that throng around the Pope.
围在主教周围的人群

3.民众；大众；群众
You can refer to the great majority of people in a particular country or situation asthe multitude orthe multitudes .

e.g. The hideous truth was hidden from themultitude...
向大众隐瞒了骇人听闻的真相。
e.g. It is our task to convince the multitudes that we are pursuing a lawful hobby in a lawful way.
我们的任务是要让民众相信，我们是在用合法的方式来从事一种合法的爱好。

1. 群众：第三层主要由群众(multitude)构成. 相对於其他阶层而言,作者认为这一阶层是弱势群体,本身力量十分有限,不可能直接参与全球权力结构的配置,所以必须通过一定的组织来吸纳. 联合国的会员大会在形式上将它们统合到全球权力机制中,

A multitude of heroic figures emerge.

大量英雄人物出现了。

An angry multitude collected in the street.

街道上聚集了一大群愤怒的人。

There are a multitude of reasons against it.

有许多反对理由。

The multitude may laugh at his music, but we know better.

一般人也许会嘲笑他的音乐，但我们更了解它。

We must try to satisfy the needs of the multitude.

我们一定要设法满足广大民众的要求。

a multitude of possibilities

众多的可能性

a multitude of birds

一大群鸟

These elements can be combined in a multitude of different ways.

这些因素可以通过无数不同的方式进行组合。

The region attracts tourists in their multitudes.

这个地区吸引大批游人。

It was an elite that believed its task was to enlighten the multitude.

精英人物都会认为自己的职责就是启迪群众。

to feed the starving multitudes

使饥饿的群众有饭吃

He preached to the assembled multitude.

他向聚集在那里的民众布道。

There are a multitude of small quiet roads to cycle along...

有很多可以骑车的宁静小路。

Addiction to drugs can bring a multitude of other problems.

毒瘾会带来许多其他问题。

...surrounded by a noisy multitude.

被喧闹的人群围着

...the multitudes that throng around the Pope.

围在主教周围的人群

The hideous truth was hidden from the multitude...

向大众隐瞒了骇人听闻的真相。

It is our task to convince the multitudes that we are pursuing a lawful hobby in a lawful way.

我们的任务是要让民众相信，我们是在用合法的方式来从事一种合法的爱好。

The book will find a multitude of readers.

这本书将会有大批读者.

Don say you woke up late — say you were delayed. That covers a multitude of sins!

不要说你醒来晚了——说你因为什么事耽搁了.这是个冠冕堂皇的理由!

And he sent away the multitude , and took ship and came into the coasts of Magdala.

耶稣叫众人散去, 就上船,来到马加丹的境界.

The multitude did not even whisper while he crossed the perilous bridge, which quivered under him.

在他跨过这一座九死一生的悬桥, 脚底下有些震荡的时候,大家一点儿声音也不敢发出来.

Emergence requires a population of a multitude, a collective, a mob, more.

突现事物的出现大都依赖于一定数量的个体,一个群体, 一个集体, 或是更多.

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

太15:35他就吩咐众人坐在地上.

The UN promotes peace in a multitude of ways, both directly and indirectly.

联合国以多种方式直接和间接地促进和平.

Love covers a multitude of sins and overlooks weaknesses.

爱会掩盖真相,让人忽略缺点.

Success cower a multitude of blunders.

成功包含了许许多多的过失.

Oh what a multitude they seemed , these flowers of London town!

哦,一群一群地多象伦敦市镇上的丛丛鲜花!

Success includes a multitude of blunders.

成功是建立在许多的错误之上的.

Beyond , above , below, were other swarms of workers engaged in an unimaginable multitude of jobs.

楼上楼下,身前身后, 还有嗡嗡营营的一大群人,他们的工作五花八门,叫你想也想不出来.

1. There is〔are〕 a multitude of reasons against it.
   有大量反对它的理由。
2. There are multitudes of islands on the Pacific.
   太平洋中有许多岛屿。
3. Political power has been placed in the hands of the multitude.
   政治权力一直在民众手中。

cover〔hide〕 a multitude of sins

成为冠冕堂皇的借口be a common and useful excuse

动词+～

• multitude%20of%20sins">cover〔hide〕 a multitude of sins是一个冠冕堂皇的借口,掩盖许多见不得人的东西

形容词+～

• multitude">angry multitude愤怒的群众
• multitudes%20of%20facts">vast multitudes of facts大量的事实

介词+～

• multitudes">amid multitudes在人群当中
• multitudes">in multitudes成群地

～+介词

• multitude%20of">a multitude of大量…,大批…

• The sun is a glowing speck in a dazzling multitude of stars.

  出自：C. Bax

• One of those ubiquitous tea-shops which cater for the multitudes of office-workers.

  出自：B. Pym

• Jennie, like a multitude of other Labour candidates, went down to defeat.

  出自：M. Foot

n.(名词)

1. multitude作“大量,许多”解时,常与of连用,且其后面常接可数名词的复数形式,其谓语动词既可用单数形式也可用复数形式。
2. the multitude(s)还可作“大众,民众,群众”解,有时用作贬义,作“流氓”解。

n.(名词)

multitude, band, circle, crowd, gang, group, herd, host, mass, mob, set

这组词的共同意思 是“一伙人”。其区别在于：

1.从组成上说：band常指有共同目的的、有领导者的一群人。 circle指因志同道合而形成的圈子或结成的团体，聚会频繁，文明高雅。crowd指毫无秩序地挤在一起的人群， 含有混乱、拥挤的意味。gang指为一个目标而聚在一起的一伙人， 常指在一起干坏事的人。group既可指有组织、有秩序的一群人， 也可指为一定目的临时聚在一起的一伙人；可指志趣相投的人，也可指社会团体；关系可密切，也可以是泛泛之交。herd 指有盲目追随心理的一群人。host指散落开来的一群人，也指军队或备有武装的人。mass指群众， 民众。mob指乌合之众或心怀不满而聚在一起寻衅滋事的一群人。multitude常指人数庞大的人群。set指有共同社会地位或相同目的的社会团体，也可泛指广泛的人群， 有时可指势力集团。

2.从用法上说：mass常用于复数形式；set常用于单数形式。

3.从修辞色彩上说：band, gang, herd, mob多含贬义；set指势力集团时也含有贬义。

4.从语体上说：host, set是口语用词；multitude是正式用词或较陈旧用词。

• ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的multitudinem；最初源自古法语的multitude，意为大量，大群。