pron.
- 某人;某事Are you trying to hide something from me?
你是不是有什麼事要瞞著我?
I have something to ask you.我有事情要問你。
- (用以表示模糊的概念)大概;若干;什麼The parcel was ten pounds something.
這包裹有十磅左右。
Profits have fallen by something over three percent.利潤已下降百分之三多一點。
- 還算幸運的事At least we didn't lose any money. That's something.
至少我們沒有損失什麼錢。這還算幸運。
n.
- 重要的人(或事物);值得重視的人(或事物);具有某種特點的人(或事物)She thinks she's something since she won the prize.
她自得獎之後,覺得自己挺了不起了。
It is quite something to have won him over.把他爭取過來是一件很了不起的事。
- 少量;部分There is something in what he says.
他講的話有些道理。
Did you give something to the porter?你有沒有給腳夫一點錢?
ad.
- 幾分,有點;大約She looks something like her mother.
她有一點像她母親。
- 很;非常It sounds something awful.
這事聽起來非常可怕。
片語
something for nothing
- 不勞而獲之利益Some people will never learn that you can't get something for nothing.
有些人永遠不懂人不能不勞而獲的道理。
something like
- 有點像The building looked something like a church.
這棟建築物看起來有點像教堂。
something of
- 多少有點He's something of a book collector.
他可說是位藏書家。
or something
- 諸如此類的什麼Mr. Green is a shopkeeper or something.
格林先生大概是店主之類的人。