| 释义 |
some /强sʌm， 弱 səm，sm/ a. | pron. | ad. | phr.
I a.
1. [用于修饰单数名词]某个，某一
Some kind of miracle really did seem to have occurred. 某种奇迹看来真的发生了。
Some person may object. 有人可能会反对。
We found him lying in some ditch beside the river. 我们发现他躺在河边的一条沟渠里。
Some grinning stranger shouted at us. 有个露齿而笑的陌生人向我们喊叫。
2. [用于修饰复数名词或不可数名词]若干，一些；一点；少量的
Some birds cannot fly. 有些鸟不会飞。
Some people like jazz; others dislike it. 有些人喜欢爵士乐；有些人不喜欢。
All wood is not hard; some wood is soft. 木材并不都是硬的；有些木材是软的。
Give me some work; I have nothing to do. 给我一点工作做吧，我现在没事干。
I'd like to get some golf. I feel stale. 我想打一会儿高尔夫球。我感到腻烦。
She looked at me in some surprise. 她带着几分惊讶望着我。
There's at least some chance that it will succeed. 此事至少还有一点机会可能成功。
3. [用于疑问句中，期待得到肯定答复或表示邀请、请求、劝导等]一些；一点，什么
Would you like some wine? 你要喝点酒吗?
Didn't you meet some acquaintances in the dinner party? 你在宴会上遇到什么熟人了吗?
Won't you have some cake? 你不吃点蛋糕吗?
4. 好几个；不少的，相当多的
I spent some time trying to convince her. 我费了相当多的时间试图说服她。
He was here some weeks. 他曾在这儿住了好几个星期。
5. 〈口〉很不错的；出色的；真正的；了不起的
That's some apple. 那是只很好的苹果。
That was some speech you made! 你作的那次演讲真出色!
That was some storm! 这场风暴来势很猛!
I call that some poem. 我把这称作是真正的诗。
He is some historian. 他是个了不起的历史学家。
6. 〈口〉[含轻蔑、讽刺、厌烦之意，常用在句首]说不上；并不怎样；一点也不
That's some help, isn't it? 那算不了什么帮助，是不是?
Some pal you were, running away when I was in difficulties! 你算什么朋友，我遇上困难你就溜了!
A: You may become manager of the firm one day. B: Some hopes! 甲：你有朝一日可能当上公司的经理。乙：没希望!
II pron.
1. [用作复]有些人；有些东西
Some still believe he was innocent of the crime. 有些人仍然认为他是无罪的。
Some say yes and some say no. 有人同意，有人不同意。
2. 一些，若干
Some of the fruit has ripened. 一些果子已经成熟。
The soldiers, some drunk, started fighting each other. 士兵们动手互殴，其中一些人已喝醉了。
3. 〈美口〉很多，大量
III ad.
1. [与数字连用]大约
He waited some 20 minutes. 他等了大约20分钟。
It weighs some 40 pounds. 它重40磅左右。
Some ten men asked for work. 约有10人要求工作。
2. 〈口〉稍微，有些，有点儿
He was relaxing some. 他正在稍事休息。
I guess I like him some. 我想我有点儿喜欢他。
The patient's condition has improved some. 病人的情况有些好转了。
3. 〈美口〉很；非常；好极
I love her dearly. She loves me some. 我很爱她，她也非常爱我。
[< OE sum; 与 OHG sum, Gr hamē somehow 有关] phr. and then some 见 then
go some 见 go¹
some of these days 不久
some few 见 few
some little 大量
some little time 好一会；相当一段时间
some ... or other [表示无须确切说明]某一；某些
I've read that poem in some book or other. 我在某本书里读到过那首诗。
He's staying with some friends or other in the country. 他正与几个朋友在乡下小住。 |