amounts of只与不可数名词连用，表示：许多，大量的，例如：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。
amount of的用法
amount of后一般接不可数名词，有时也可接复数可数名词，此名词被视为某一“总量”或“综述”。短语in the amount of (总共为)可以of或for代之;to the amount (总共达)可以to代之。但如接款项数字大的总数，一般用in〔to〕the amount of。
amount of例句：
The server is designed to store huge amounts of data.
该服务器是为存储大量数据设计的。
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。
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。
