something

英 ['sʌmθɪŋ] 美 ['sʌmθɪŋ]

• pron. 某事物；有价值或重要的人或事物；大致；左右
• adv. 有点；非常

双解释义

pron. (代词)

1. 某物,某事

   some unstated or unknown thing

2. 重要的事物〔人〕,有一定意义的事物

   some thing thought to be significant

详尽释义

pron. 代词

1. 某事，某物
2. 某，若干，什么
3. 聊以自慰的事，还算幸运的事
4. 吃的东西，喝的东西
5. 实有之物

adv. 副词

1. 有点，几分，稍微
2. <口>很，非常
3. <古>在某种程度上，有些

n. 名词

1. 重要的人或事，值得重视的人或事
2. 具有某种特点的人或事物
3. 少量，一些，部分

例句

用作代词 (pron.)

1. I think I dropped something.
   我想我掉了东西。
2. I'll try and rustle you up something to eat.
   我设法给你弄点吃的。
3. I can predict something with great accuracy.
   我能很准确地预测某事。
4. He thinks he's something.
   他认为他了不起。
5. He hit a tree or something.
   他撞上了一棵树或其他什么东西。
6. It is something between a jug and a vase.
   这东西既象瓦罐又象花瓶。
7. She is thirty-something.
   她三十几岁。
8. The parcel was ten pounds something.
   这包裹有十磅左右。

用作副词 (adv.)

1. He is something like his brother.
   他有点象他哥哥。
2. It rained something awful last night.
   昨晚雨下得很大。

常见句型

用作代词 (pron.)

1. Something is wrong with the computer.
   这台电脑出毛病了。
2. Have you lost something?
   你丢了什么东西吧?
3. I have something important to tell you.
   我有些重要的事要告诉你。
4. Would you like something to eat?
   想吃点什么吗?
5. Here is something for you.
   送给你点东西。
6. Money is something, but it is not everything.
   钱很重要,但钱并不是一切。
7. There's something in what she says.
   她说的有点道理。
8. He thinks he's really something.
   他认为自己是个了不起的人。
9. We may eventually become members of the club, but this is not something that should be rushed into.
   我们最终会成为俱乐部成员,但不能草率行事。
10. Toleration, moreover, is something which is won, not granted.
    容忍,是从艰苦中争取来的,不是别人赏赐的。

经典引文

• I passed by a place called Llan something.

  出自： G. Borrow

• There's something the matter with you.

  出自： H. James

• There was something..voluptuous in the beauty of Malfrey.

  出自： E. Waugh

• Do something, Fergus. Why doesn't somebody do something?

  出自： D. Eden

• That something in..us which creates the need for fairy stories.

  出自： M. Hunter

• I cook a little something..in the evenings.

  出自： P. D. James

• I dropped in to see if I could buy something for tea.

  出自： S. Rosenberg

常用短语

用作代词 (pron.)

or something

〈口〉或诸如此类的事物or another thing similar to that mentioned

something like

大约; 类似approximately; partially similar to sb/sth

something like it

大致符合要求或符合愿望的事物roughly what is required or desirable

something of a

达到某种程度to some degree

something of the kind

类似的事物sth similar

词汇搭配

• something else 别的东西
• something like 大约
• something for nothing 轻易得来的利益,不劳...
• or something 诸如此类的什么...
• something of 有几分
• something of a 可以说是一个...
• at home on something 熟悉
• see something through rose-colored spectacles 对某物抱乐观态度,乐...
• make something of 认为不寻常(认为是大...
• do something to 影响; 刺激, 做点...
• something or other 不知什么事(某种东西...
• slip something over on someone slip one o...
• like something the cat has brought in 衣着肮脏的,衣冠不整...
• leave something out of account 不予考虑
• something to go on with enough to ...
• charge something to someone's account 把…记入某人帐内...
• take something with a grain of salt 将信将疑
• -something 【口】大约......
• throw something in someone's lap 把责任推诿给某人,把...
• cast something in someone's teeth 以某事嘲骂某人...

词语用法

pron. (代词)

1. something的基本意思是“某物,某事”,主要用于肯定句中,在否定句或疑问句中通常用anything。有时为了表示一种较肯定的意味或提出申请等, something也可用于非肯定句中。
2. something用作主语时谓语动词用单数形式,其相应的代词也用单数形式。
3. something有形容词修饰时定语应后置。
4. something也可作“重要的事物〔人〕,有一定意义的事物”解。
5. something用作先行词,作“某物,某事”解时其后的关系代词只能用that; 作“重要的事物〔人〕,有一定意义的事物”解时其后的关系代词可用which。
6. 在反意疑问句中,当陈述部分的主语是something时,在非正式语体中附加问句的代词用it。

近反义词

【近义词】

• thing 东西
• creature 生物
• organism 有机体
• somewhat 稍微
• a little 一点
• to some degree 有点, 稍微, 在某种程...
• a bit 有点儿,一点,少量...
• rather 相当
• approximately 大约
• roughly 粗略地
• object 物体
• substance 实质