somehow

英 ['sʌmhaʊ] 美 ['sʌmhaʊ]

• adv. 以某种方式；不知怎么地

双解释义

adv. (副词)

1. 以某种方式,用某种方法

   in some way

2. 〈非正〉不知怎么地

   not yet known or stated

详尽释义

adv. 副词

1. 以某种方式，用某种方法，从某种角度
2. 由于某种未知的原因，不知为什么，不知怎么地，不晓得什么缘故，不知怎么回事，莫名其妙地
3. 设法，想个办法，无论如何
4. 有点，有所

英英释义

Adverb:

1. in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means;

   "they managed somehow"
   "he expected somehow to discover a woman who would love him"
   "he tried to make is someway acceptable"
   

2. for some unspecified reason;

   "It doesn't seem fair somehow"
   "he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. We must make up for the lost time somehow.
   我们必须以某种方式把损失的时间补上。
2. I wish I can repay you somehow for your kindness.
   我希望我能以某种方式报答您的好意。
3. He could have finished it on schedule, but somehow he fell behind.
   他原本能按预定进度做完这件事的，但不知怎地却落后了。
4. Somehow or other, the baby burst into tears.
   那个婴儿不知为什么大哭起来。

常见句型

用作副词 (adv.)

1. Somehow we lost our way.
   不知怎么地我们迷了路。
2. We must get the work finished somehow by tomorrow morning.
   我们必须设法在明天早上以前把工作做完。

经典引文

• Somehow or other one can always arrange one's life.

  出自： H. James

• She must escape somehow.

  出自： V. Woolf

• It seemed, somehow, grossly unfair.

  出自： G. Vidal

词义辨析

adv. (副词)

somehow, therefore

• 两者含义并不相同:therefore的意思是“因此”,上文要交代原因或理由; somehow的意思是“反正”,上下文无需说明原因或理由。例如:
• He is not honest; therefore I don't trust him.他不老实,因而我不信任他。
• Somehow I don't trust him.反正我不信任他。

近反义词

【近义词】

• come what way
• one way or another