摘要：I counted the money. It was more than five hundred dollars.我数了数钱，有五百多美元。I counted 34 wild goats grazing.我数了有34只野山羊在吃草。

动词count可以用作及物动词和不及物动词，常见的意思有四个。下面就其常见意思的用法及考点及词组count on进行归纳、举例。

1.count用作及物动词时，可以表示“数到，点……的数目；计算，把……算入”两个意思，它后面可以 直接跟名词或者代词做宾语。比如：

I counted the money. It was more than five hundred dollars.我数了数钱，有五百多美元。I counted 34 wild goats grazing.我数了有34只野山羊在吃草。

It's under 7 percent only because statistics don't count the people who aren't qualified to be in the work force.数字不到7%，这只是因为统计没有把未达劳动力标准的人算在内

2.count用作不及物动词，表示“数,计数；值得考虑，起作用，重要”两个意思。比如：

Billy can't count yet.比利还不会数数。He was counting slowly under his breath.他在低声慢慢地数数。

Every point in this game counts.这场比赛每一分都很重要。The fact that she had apologized counted for nothing with him.她已道歉，但他认为这是没有用的。It's the thought that counts.贵在心意。

Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what counts is what they do with it.当然，慈善组织从哪里得到钱并不重要，重要的是他们用这些钱做什么。

3.常考的词组count on

count on表示“依靠，指望”的意思。需要注意的是短语count on中的on 是介词，不是副词,不能写成…count him on. count on后可跟名词、代词及动名词。比如：

Don't count on Lillian.别依靠莉莲了。We can't count on this warm weather lasting.我们不能指望这暖和的天气会持久。

Few people can count on having a job for life.几乎没有人能指望一辈子都干一个工作。He had always been able to count on her wise counsel.他总是能够指望她明智的忠告。

来源：英语·点一点号