jfor some /those?在否定句和疑问句中通常用any,而 不用 some: 1 don't want any. o Do you have any of the larger ones?但在预料会得到肯定回答的疑问句中仍用 some Would you like some? 0 Weren't you looking for some of those? 2 a part of the whole number or amount being considered 命分;有的;有些;若千AH these students are good, but some work harder than others. |Jf 有这些学生都不错,但有的用功多些,有的用功少些◊ Some / the music was weird.这音乐;有些地方有点怪ITiT1! ... and then some {informal) and a lot more than that远不止这些;此外还宥不少We got our money’s worth and t/ien some.無们禾杈得了按价钱应得的,而且 还捞到了不少。

uadv. /sAm/ 1 used before numbers to mean 'approxi- mately* (用于数词前,意同approximately )大约,差不 多Some thirty peopZe attended the )lmeraZ•大约有主 十人参加了葬礼2 (/VAmf, /n/ormfl/) to some degree 稍 有点He needsup some•他需要多吃些东西 丰卜一杯◊ ‘Are you nding the work any easier?’ ‘Some.你是不是觉得工作顺手一些了是顺手一些了-some 1 (in adjectives 构成形容词)producing; likely to 引起i易于)/earsome 可怕◊ quarreZ- some 爱争吵 2 (in nouns 构成名词a group of the number mentioned …人 t■或 个)一由:a foursome 0 人组合

some.body /_SAmbadi/ pro".

=someone Somebody should have told me. JSZ^^*A 告诉我才是◊ She thinks s/ie’s reaHy somebody in that car.她以为,坐上那辆车她就真成个人物了。 ED3

NOBODY

some day (also some-day) adv. at some time in the future 一天;有朝-•日;将来Some day he7Z be /amou5.总有一天他会成名的。 somehow tH* /'sAmhau/ adv.

1 (also NAmE informal some-way, some-ways) in a way that is not known or certain 以桌种方式或方法): W^e must stop him _/irm seeing her somehow.不管怎么 着,我们都禾能让4见她◊ Somehow or other J must get a new job.我必须想方设法找份新工作2 for a reason that you do not know or understand 由于某种未 知的原因;不知为什么;不知怎么地:Somehow, / don’t /eeZ J can trust him.不知为什么£我觉得不能信任他◊ She Zoofced dij5fere/it somehow.木知怎么地,她看上去 X'

Sme-ne CHw /'sAmwAn/ (also some-body) pron.

1 a person who is not known or mentioned Sy name 某 人:TTiere’s someone at the door•门.口有个人。Someone’s Ze_/it their bag behind•有人也包落T 了。 It’s time/or someone new (= a new person) to tafce over.现 在该换个新人来牛?"uidn’t have been meit must have been someone else (= a different person). IP 不可能是我——-准是别人。◊ ShouZd we caH a doctor or someone?我们要不i ii个大夫什么的? nTP3 The difference between someone and anyone is the same as the difference between some and any. Look at the notes there. * someone anyone 的区别与 some any 的区别相同。参看该两词条下的注解2 an important person 重要人物:He was a small-time lawyer keen to be someone.他是个没有什么名堂却总想出人头地的律 师。compare nobody n.

some-place /'sAmpleis/ adv., pron. (AMm£) = some­where has to go somepilcice.它一定是搁在什么地方 了◊ Can’f you do that somepZace eke?合件秦你就禾 能换个地方干吗? V^e need to/ind someplace to hVe. 我们需要找个住的地方。

som-er-sault /'sAm9so:lt; NAmE -mars-/ noun, verb mnoun a movement in which sb turns over completely, with their feet over their head, on the ground or in the air滚翻;空翻;筋斗to do/tum asomersauft做滚翻 动◊ He turned back somersaults他做了几个后空翻。

0 (figurative) Her heart did a complete somersault when she saw him.她一见他,心里咯噔亍一下。 n verb [V, usually +adv./prep] to turn over completely in the air 做滚 做空鍤The car hit the kerb and somersau/ted into the air.汽车撞到马路牙子上,腾空翻 了出去。

some-thing tt /'sAmeiq/ pron., adv. k pron. 1 a thing that is not known or mentioned by

name 某事;某物We stopped /or something to eat.我 们停下来吃点朵M◊ Give me something to do.给我点 ...活儿千吧◊ r/iere’s something wrong with the 7Y.电视 出毛 了。 ◊ There’s somet/ifng about this pZace that ig/itens me.这个地方有点儿让我害怕Don’t just stand there. Do something/别在那儿于站着,做点么 吧! ◊ His name is Akm something (= :I don’t know his other name).他的名字叫艾伦什么的◊ She’s a pro/essor of something or other (= Tm not sure what) at Leeds. M 是利兹大学某个学科的教授◊ He’s something in (= has a job connected with) teZevision.他是搞电视.rhe car hit a tree or something汽车撞上了树什么的I could just eat a Zftrte something.我只   点点未西。

The difference between something and anything is the same as the difference between some and any. Look at the notes there. * something any thing的区别与someany的囟别相同。参看该两词 条下的注解2 (//i/o/vrjfl/) a thing that is thought to be important or worth taking notice of 想来重要或值得 注意)的事物TTiere’s something in (= .some truth or some fact or opinion worth considering in) what he says他的话不无道理◊ Jt’s quite something (= a thing that you should feel happy about) to have a job at all these days.如今能有份工痄就该知足了 s/iouZd

finish by tomorrow/ 'That's something (=, a good thing), cmyway.’ 我们明天应该就能结束了。”“那也好桂

3 [informal) used to show that a description or an amount, etc. is not exact (表示不确切的诸述或数量大致,.在右She called at something after ten o'clock. "f 点多 It 来过电话。a new comedy aimed at thirty- somethings (= people between thirty and forty years old) —部以三十几岁的人为主要观众的新喜剧◊ It tastes something Hfce meion.这吃起来有点像甜瓜。They pay six: pounds an hour. SometWn^ lifce t/iat 他们按每 小时六奐镑付费。大致如此。〇5行6/〇1^以^「5^/501»16- thfngo/a (= to some degree a) cdebrify.她发现自己差 多成名人了。◊ The programme’s something to do with (= in some way about) fhe environment.是一个 环境类节目。◊ He gave her a wy something between amusement and regret.颇耐&味的目光看 她一眼,说不清是开心,还是怅惋。033丨’〇^1<€5〇|116- thing of yourself to be successful in life 有所成就;获 得成功 something 'else 1 a different thing; another tiing 另外一件事;.别的年西He said something eke that I thought was interesting.他讲的另外一件事我觉得 倒挺有意思2 a_ person, a thing or an event

that is much better than others of a similar type 出色的 ■(或事物)_: I’ve seen some fine players, but she’s something eke优秀运动员我见过不少.但她出类拔萃。

adv. [non-standard) used with an adjective to emphasize a statement (与形容词连用j非常She was swearing something terrfWe•她骂得很难n/f0 some-time /'SAmtaim/ adv., adj.

adv. (also some time) at a time that you do not know exactly or has not yet been decided 在某时.不确切‘或 尚未确定 > :/ saw him sometime Zost summer.我去年 夏关存么时候见过他We must get together sometime.

我们一定要找个时间聚一下。

madj. [only before noun] (formal) 1 used to refer to what sb used to be (指某人曾经是)从前的,一度的: Thomas At/dns, sometime vicar /this parish 本教区先前 的牧师托马斯阿特金斯2 (AMmE) used to refer to what sb does occasionally (指某人间i千某事偶尔的a sometime contributor to f/iis magazine 位偶尔给本刊 投稿的作_者

Some-times {>■» /'sAmtaimz/ adv. occasionally rather than all of the time 有时;间或: Sometimes Jgo by car.有时我坐车去◊ He sometimes writes to me.他偶尔给我写iijo I like to be on my own sometimes, i时候我喜欢一个人待着。 some-way /'sAmwei/ (also some-ways) adv. (NAmE, informal) = somehow(I) some-what -»r /-SAmwDt; NAmE -wAt/ adv. to some degree 有点;有几分;稍微 H321 rather: J was somewhat surprised to see _Wm.见到他我颇感铭异。 o The situation has changed somewhat since we last met. 自我们上次见面以来情况有些变化◊ What happened to