～It absorbed vast amounts of capital that could have been used for investment. 它消耗掉了原本可用於投資的大筆資金。
～It was profitable for them to produce large amounts of food. 生產大量的食物能讓他們獲利。
～You can compress huge amounts of data on to a CD-ROM. 可以把大量的數據壓縮到壹張CD-ROM。