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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.
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.
3 (idm 习语) or something (infml 口) 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.