| [/ˈsʌmθɪŋ; ˋsʌmθɪŋ/] indef pron 用法:
1 some thing 某事物:
There's something under the table. 桌子底下有个东西. *
I want something to eat. 我想要点儿吃的. *
Have you got something I could read? 你有什麽可让我读读的吗? *
There's something interesting on the front page. 头版上有些有意思的消息. 用法:
2 some thing thought to be significant 被视为有意义的事物:
There's something (ie some truth, some fact or opinion worth considering) in what she says. 她说的有点道理. *
It's something (ie a thing that one should feel happy about) to have a job at all these days. 这年头有一份工作就算不错了. *
He's something/He does something in (ie He has a job connected with) television. 他是干电视这一行的. 用法:
3 (idm 习语) or something (infml) or another thing similar to that mentioned 或诸如此类的事物:
She's writing a dictionary or something. 她在编写词典之类的书. *
He hit a tree or something. 他撞上了一棵树或其他什麽东西. *
She rescued three children from a fire or something. 她从一起火灾之类的事故中救出了三个孩子. ,something like (a) `sb/sth (a) partially similar to sb/sth 类似某人[某事物]:
A thesaurus is something like a dictionary. 类语词典与普通词典相仿. *
The ceremony was something like a christening. 那个典礼有点像洗礼仪式. *
The tune goes something like this. 那曲调大致是这样的.
(b) approximately sb/sth 近似於某人[某事物]:
He earns something like 35000. 他的收入在35000英镑上下. something `like it roughly what is required or desirable 大致符合要求或符合愿望的事物:
That's something like it, ie That will be satisfactory. 那样就差不多了. something of a sth to some degree 达到某种程度:
She found herself something of a celebrity. 她意识到自己已小有名气了. *
I'm something of an expert on antiques. 我对古董略有研究. |