something
美 [?s?mθ??]
英 ['s?mθ??] 
- pron.某物;某事;想來重要(或值得注意)的事物;左右
- adv.非常
- n.〈婉辭〉同“damn. What the something are you doing here”
- 網(wǎng)絡東西;某事物;什么
反義詞
英漢雙解
1. | 某事;某物a thing that is not known or mentioned by name |
| We stopped for something to eat. 我們停下來吃點兒東西。 |
| Give me something to do . 給我點活兒干吧。 |
| There's something wrong with the TV. 電視出毛病了。 |
| There's something about this place that frightens me. 這個地方有點兒讓我害怕。 |
| Don't just stand there. Do something ! 別在那兒干站著,做點兒什么吧! |
| His name is Alan something(= I don't know his other name) . 他的名字叫艾倫什么的。 |
| She's a professor of something or other(= I'm not sure what) at Leeds. 她是利茲大學某個學科的教授。 |
| He's something in(= has a job connected with) television. 他是搞電視的。 |
| The car hit a tree or something . 汽車撞上了樹或別的什么東西。 |
| I could just eat a little something . 我只能吃一點點東西。 |
2. |
想來重要(或值得注意)的事物a thing that is thought to be important or worth taking notice of |
| There's something in(= some truth or some fact or opinion worth considering in) what he says. 他的話不無道理。 |
| It's quite something(= a thing that you should feel happy about) to have a job at all these days. 如今能有份工作就該知足了。 |
| ‘We should finish by tomorrow.’ ‘ That's something(= a good thing) , anyway.’ “我們明天應該就能結(jié)束了?!薄澳且埠猛??!?/div> |
3. |
(表示不確切的描述或數(shù)量)大致,左右used to show that a description or an amount, etc. is not exact |
| She called at something after ten o'clock. 她十點多鐘來過電話。 |
| a new comedy aimed at thirty-somethings(= people between thirty and forty years old) 一部以三十幾歲的人為主要觀眾的新喜劇 |
| It tastes something like melon. 這吃起來有點兒像甜瓜。 |
| They pay six pounds an hour. Something like that . 他們按每小時六英鎊付費,大致如此。 |
| She found herself something of a(= to some degree a) celebrity. 她發(fā)現(xiàn)自己差不多成名人了。 |
| The programme's something to do with(= in some way about) the environment. 這是一個環(huán)境類節(jié)目。 |
| He gave her a wry look, something between amusement and regret. 他用頗耐玩味的目光看她一眼,說不清是開心,還是悵惋。 |
1. | (與形容詞連用)很,非常used with an adjective to emphasize a statement |
| She was swearing something terrible. 她罵得很難聽。 |
習慣用語
make something of yourself
有所成就;獲得成功to be successful in life
something else
另外一件事;別的東西a different thing; another thing
| He said something else that I thought was interesting. 他講的另外一件事我覺得挺有意思的。 |
出色的人(或事物)a person, a thing or an event that is much better than others of a similar type
| I've seen some fine players, but she's something else. 優(yōu)秀運動員我見過不少,但她出類拔萃。 |
英漢解釋
pron. | |
adv. | |
n. | 1. 〈婉辭〉同“damn. What the something are you doing here” |
na. | 1. “do someone/something a disservice/do a disservice to someone/something”的變體 |
英英解釋
例句
Next time you are tempted to do something you think you might regret, try reminding yourself that you can say no.
下一次在你試圖想做你認為可能會后悔的事情時,請試著提醒自己你能夠說不,因為你有這個意志力。
And yet something had been going on since the previous evening which was all the more worrying because Marguerite was hiding it from me.
但是,從昨天起一定發(fā)生過什么事,瑪格麗特越是瞞我,我越是感到惶惶不安。
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
對全靠“不懂事”而領(lǐng)薪的人,是不容易要他“懂事”的。
It was as though I was transported outside my body and I lost myself, but simultaneously discovered something far bigger.
我整個人就像被抽出我的身體之外,我迷失了,但同時發(fā)現(xiàn)了更大的東西。
But knowing when something or someone isn't good for you and taking yourself out of that situation is sometimes the right thing.
但是當明白一些事或人對你不好時,應該知道擺脫這種局面才是正確的。
Goyle is quite dense. He follows Draco Malfoy around and serves as something of a bodyguard for him.
高爾相當笨,他跟著德拉科·馬爾福出來進去,充當他的保鏢。
He was something of a loner, and his early pursuits included studying magic tricks and ham radio.
早年的他有些孤僻,愛好變戲法和業(yè)余無線電。
It's not enough to be sorry, we've also got to do something new, because repentance is essentially recreative and restorative.
為罪難過還不夠,還要有新的行為,因為悔改在本質(zhì)上是有建設性的。
I might have had a fever, and I thought I ate something bad because I had the runs.
而且我覺得我可能吃壞了東西,現(xiàn)在拉肚子…
There is something of mystery about him.
他這人有點兒神秘。
The same cannot be said of the club's fans, who, having worshipped Cannavaro, now see him as something of a traitor.
但尤文球迷并不以為然,他們過去曾將卡納瓦羅視為英雄,現(xiàn)在卻將他看作一個叛徒。
you know, I'm sort of hoping it'll be something for you, Cyril. I'd much rather it was for you than for me.
你知道,我也希望那會是適合你的東西,西里爾。我更希望那件東西更適合你而不是我。
If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in catastrophe, then someone will do it.
如果做某事有兩種或多種方法,而其中一種將會導致巨大災難,那么一定會有人照這種方法做。
She would love to have gone to visit her teacher last night, but she had something important to do and had to stay at home.
她昨晚本想去拜訪她的老師,但是她有一些重要的事情要做,只得呆在家里。
What could create such a monster, something so heavy and yet unimaginably small?
到底是什么使這樣一個惡魔既重又不可思議的小呢?
"Going into the series, I thought they were the better team, but I thought we had a chance to do something special, " Nash said.
“進入系列賽后,我覺得他們的球隊更強大,不過我覺得我們有爆冷的機會?!?c>納什說。
Just pick something small and ubiquitous, something of nominal value that you won't miss much.
只要挑一種到處都能找到、外形小巧、票面價值不大會弄錯的東西。
A process is simply an object that does something, then sometimes waits for a while before it is ready to do a next thing.
一個進程只是一個對象,它完成某些任務,隨后在它準備完成下一個任務之前有時會等待一會兒。
I heard him coming up the stairs slowly, as if he were carrying something heavy.
我聽見他慢慢上樓來,好像扛著什么重的東西。
In the City, there is a uniform for doing business. The bow tie is something of a statement of non-uniformity.
在金融城,做生意有統(tǒng)一風格的著裝,而領(lǐng)結(jié)則是非統(tǒng)一的一種表達。
I have known something of him before.
我以前對他有所了解。
Now she had lost that wish to be like others and feel all that they felt, afraid of missing something.
現(xiàn)在她不再想和別人一樣,和別人想法一樣,唯恐錯過什么似的了。
Finally he left the club to keep his other appointments, but something of his personality remained behind him.
最后他離開了俱樂部,去赴別的約會,但是他這個人的尺度卻有幾分叫人難忘。
Something very bad indeed had happened; she was completely changed, and I immediately charged her with it.
一定發(fā)生了很不幸的事;她完全變了一個人,我立刻為此責備起她來。
There was something in the way he said this which aroused her in an instant.
他說這句話的語氣立即提醒了她。
She wanted to try the jewels on her fingers, but something in her would not let her.
她想試戴一下這些戒指,可是心里有某種東西不讓她這樣做。
There was something in your touch that was wonderful. It had more expression than I had ever heard from it.
你的指法妙極了,表現(xiàn)力實在豐富,我以前從來沒有聽到過。
We're not politicians, like you; we've gone through hell long enough to want something of the other thing.
我們不像你,我們都不是政客;我們已經(jīng)吃夠了苦,要嘗嘗別的滋味了。
Inevitably "Sanctuary" has become something of an embarrassment to Faulkner's admirers.
《圣殿》已經(jīng)成了使??思{的推崇者難堪的東西。
Since the apparition was not of someone or something, familiar appearing to him in an unfamiliar guise.
因為那個幽靈并不是以某種陌生的外表出現(xiàn)在他面前的一個常常出現(xiàn)的人或物。
Then he turned and extended his arms to his comrades. The gesture contained something of a benediction.
然后,他轉(zhuǎn)身向同伴伸出雙臂,這是祝福的手勢。
It appeared to me that they regarded him with something of my own feeling.
我覺得他們看待他,也有點和我看待他那樣。
In case I am to find a few days in Africa between now and Christmas, I should like to see something of the new French Army.
如果在現(xiàn)在與圣誕節(jié)之間,我能夠在非洲勻出幾天時間,我希望視察一下法國的新陸軍。
Something in her little soul was old enough and woman enough to feel the irresistible, stinging joy of being needed.
在她幼小的心靈里,有一些非常成熟,非常女性化的東西使她感到被需要的不可抗拒的刺痛的快樂。
This must have been something of a blow for Mr. Heath.
對于希思先生,這可以說是當頭一棒。
He mumbled something which I really did not catch, and I turned my ear to him in a puzzled manner.
他咕嚕了一聲,我確實沒有聽到他在講什么,便一副茫然的樣子把耳朵湊了過去。
The acquisition of two to the number of inhabitants in London was something.
能在倫敦居民的數(shù)字上加上兩個,是了不起的事情。
I hope the book will suggest something of the way in which he quickened the heart and mind of the nation.
我希望本書能多少使讀者了解,他曾怎樣激發(fā)全國人民的心靈和才智。
The Frenchman had taken something out of him and nobody was writing that he should be considered for a shot at the title anymore.
法國人打掉了他的銳氣,沒人在報上再宣傳他有取得冠軍的希望了。
The most they could have done was to lock Mr. Hatch up while he cooled off for a few days, or refine him a little something.
他們至多把哈奇關(guān)上幾天,讓他冷靜下來,或是罰他幾個錢。
I now made her visit, and I found that she drove something of the old trade still.
我現(xiàn)在去看過她了,發(fā)現(xiàn)她仍然經(jīng)營舊業(yè)。
It seemed to her that there would be something of impudence in making a festival of her secret.
她覺得將自己內(nèi)心的秘密弄得沸沸揚揚是輕率魯莽的。
Irene, looking at him again with that intent look, said quietly: "Something he wanted me to do for him! "
伊琳仍舊是那樣凝神地望著他,靜靜地說:“他托我替他辦的一點事情!”
From living a softer life, both sexes also began to lose something of their strength and ferocity.
由于得到了一種比較舒適的生活,兩性都開始失去一部分強悍性和氣力。
Twain, too, is something of the cynical pedagogue, though one of his San Francisco nicknames was the Wild Humorist of the Plains.
馬克·吐溫也有一點象憤世嫉俗的學究,雖然他在舊金山有一個綽號叫“平原上的野幽默家”。
She stared at it, uncomprehending, trying to fit the features to something in her memory.
她盯著它看,但認不出來,于是竭力從記憶中搜索它的影子。
If he'd said a "load of crap" or something similar I'd have had an excuse for ordering him from my office.
如果他說“胡說八道”,或者類似的話,我就有理由命令他離開我的辦公室了。
The mirth was something of his own and he had no love burning for her there.
那是他自身的愉快,而沒有熱戀她的迫切愿望。
There was something in her face-a look of life hard--lived, the mysterious impress of emotions, experience, and suffering.
她臉上有一種--一種歷盡坎坷的神情,和喜怒哀樂,閱歷與痛苦留下的神秘痕跡。
As he tried to mount Edward felt a pain at the top of his chest. "I believe I've broken something. "
愛德華企圖上馬,這時他感到胸口一陣疼痛,說道:“我覺得我摔壞了哪兒?!?/jz>
And there is something of dignity in his countenance, that would not give one an unfavourable idea of his heart.
至于他臉上的表情,的確有些尊嚴,不過人家也不會因此就說他心腸不好。
We know something of the great variety of the sea-bed's topography.
我們對海底的各種各樣的地形也有了了解。
And this time- video of a man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours has become something of an internet sensation.
一卷錄影帶在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上傳播的讓人聳人聽聞,講的是一位男子被困在電梯中41個小時。
Non-PIC builds PHP using position-independent code and provides something of a 10-percent boost.
non-pic會使用位置獨立的代碼構(gòu)建PHP并能提供10%的性能提升。
Jim O'Neill, the Goldman Sachs economist and "Brics" guru, caused a stir last week when he said "something is brewing in Beijing" .
高盛(GoldmanSachs)經(jīng)濟學家、“金磚四國”權(quán)威吉姆?奧尼爾(JimO’Neill)上周表示,“北京正在醞釀著什么”。此言引起了轟動。
While Mendelson said he thought it was more likely Google would leave China, he said a compromise could give both sides something they want.
盡管Mendelson表示,他認為谷歌還是更有可能會離開中國市場,但雙方達成妥協(xié)或是互惠互利的。
She was scouring for signs of something positive, anything that would offer a ray of hope or light for her situation.
她在搜尋一些正面的信息,任何能使她的處境變回希望和光明的東西。
Its message is usually something like this: relax, recharge, you're working too much, drink water, exercise and get more sleep.
這樣的信息就像是:休息,重新充電,或者你工作太多了,喝點水注意運動以及增加睡眠。
Sometimes all you need is a little bit of vacuum to help dry something out, or move a liquid through a tube, or remove gasses from a liquid.
有時所有您所需要的是一點點的真空,以幫助干一些,或移動的液體通過一根管子,或刪除氣體從液體。
When he said he wanted to get me "a wonderful ring" for Christmas I was picturing something for my finger.
他是說過要在圣誕送我一個驚喜的小圈圈,我以為是用在手指上的。
Nonrestrictive clauses tell you something about the subject of a sentence, but they do not limit, or restrict, the meaning.
非限制性從句告訴你關(guān)于句子主語的某些事情,但并不對其含義進行限定;
You just need to let it sit on hold for a while. Something I've found helpful is to write down your future goals, with a future start date.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)有個辦法很有效,就是寫下你未來的目標,和一個開始實現(xiàn)目標的時間。
The bank president said something in a low voice and went into his office.
行長低聲說了句什么就進了辦公室。
The Turin giants have something of an emergency at the back and Beppe Marotta is eager to resolve it when the transfer window opens again.
都靈巨人的后防線已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)了一定程度的用兵荒,俱樂部總經(jīng)理貝佩。馬洛塔希望在轉(zhuǎn)會窗口再度開啟時解決這一問題。
You are under the influence of a supportive sky but you are, it seems, in something of a mood for argument.
支援的氣氛在你左右,只是你看上去仍然在一種與人爭論的情緒中。
Women expect to hear something romantic, like you swooped down on a flying unicorn and popped the question as you flew past the sunset.
這個問題。女人喜歡聽到很浪漫的求婚戲碼,比方說你在夕陽的背景下騎著飛行的獨角獸,突然沖到她面前向她求婚。
I had no idea what I needed to do to snap out of this mindset but I did know that something big had happened and there was no turning back.
我完全不知道怎樣做才能振作起來,但知道有些事發(fā)生就無法回頭了。
Start small, with something that isn't really a big deal, but might help you do something just a little bit better than you do it today.
從一些不是很重要的事情開始,但是有可能能幫你在做事情時一點點地進步。
And yet, there seems, still, something especially authentic in Mr Obama's frequent reaching out to Islam and Judaism.
但是,在奧巴馬與伊斯蘭教和猶太教的頻繁接觸中,似乎有什么特別真實的東西。
And yet when you think of Nike, you feel something different than a shoe company.
然而,當你想到耐克,你會覺得耐克并不同于一個單純的鞋業(yè)公司。
There was something so commanding in the distress of the old man, that Heyward did not dare to venture a syllable of consolation.
在老人的傷感中,有一種威嚴的意味,使得海沃德不敢說一句話來安慰他。
"If he had but a little more brains, " she thought to herself, "I might make something of him. "
她暗想道:“可惜他太笨,不然我倒可以把他訓練得像個樣子。”
One of my jobs was finding something wearable for the men coming in for a particular party.
我的一項工作就是找些還可以穿的衣服,供這些臨時來為晚會服務的人員穿。
Warning bells started ringing in her head as she sensed that something was wrong.
當她意識到有差錯時,頭腦中便敲響了警鐘。
She became aware of something about her, with an effort she roused herself to see what it was.
附近有什么東西引起她的注意,她努力振作精神看看是什么。
It does seem to me, my dear, that something might be done to straighten matters.
親愛的,我看還是可以想辦法清理一下的。
He had a very good countenance, not a fierce and surely aspect; but seemed to have something very manly in his face.
他的五官生得很端正,沒有那樣猙獰可憎的樣子;臉上帶著一種男子漢的英勇氣概。
She'd felt ever since the first meeting that something had clicked between them.
自從第一次見面之后,她感到他們兩人之間已經(jīng)好上了。
There must be something wrong with this machine, you can't wriggle out of it.
一定是這臺機器出了毛病,對此你不能推卸責任。
Riccardo could see that we were going down the tube in a hurry unless something happened soon.
里卡多能夠看出,除非迅速出現(xiàn)轉(zhuǎn)化,我們很快要遭到滅頂之災。