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some.thing5sQmp7WINpronounan object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or stated某物，某事There's something sharp in my shoe.我的鞋中有什么尖的东西。Something in the cupboard smells odd.食橱中有什么东西发出怪味。Would you like some coffee or perhaps there's something else you'd like?你想要些咖啡还是别的什么？We thought there must be something wrong because we hadn't heard from you.因为我们很久没有你的消息了，我们还以为出了什么事了。There's something wrong with the engine--it's making strange noises.引擎出了一些问题----它发出奇怪的噪音。Something's happened to upset him but we don't know what it is.发生了一件事，使他烦躁不安，可我们不知道究竟是什么事。I heard something rather worrying at work this morning.今天早晨上班时，我听说了一件令人烦恼的事。The meaning of life is something which a great many people have wondered about.生命的意义是很多人都在思索的一个问题。Is there something you'd like to say?你有什么话想说？Don't just stand there, do something--can't you see he's hurt.别光站在那里看，来做些事情----难道你没看见他受伤了？She could sense there was something unpleasant, something nasty lurking in the shadows.她能感觉到有个讨厌的东西，一个潜藏在幽暗处的肮脏东西。A radio failure is not something you want when you're alone on the pack ice.当你独自一人在大片浮冰上时，收音机收不到信号是你不愿发生的事。Yes, there is something about her which many men find appealing.是的，她的某些方面对男人来说很有吸引力。Something also means a situation or an event for which you are grateful, esp. because an unpleasant thing has also happened.还算幸运的事The carpets were ruined by the flood but we saved the furniture --that's something isn't it?大水毁坏了地毯，不过我们的家具保住了----还算幸运，对吗？(infml approving) If a person or thing has (really) got something or is (really) something or (Br) is quite something then they are special, often in a stated way, but for reasons which it is difficult to explain.具有某种特点的人或物，不寻常的人或物As a violinist she's really got something/she's really something.作为一个小提琴演奏家，她确实表演出色。It was quite something for her to remember us after so many years.她在那么多年后还能记着我们，真是了不起。If you say that a person has got something there you mean they have said, discovered or done an important or interesting thing.发现或做不寻常的事If you have something going with someone, you are involved in a close, esp. sexual, relationship with them.和某人关系亲密(尤指性关系)(infml) You can use or something to show that you are not certain about what you have just said.诸如此类的东西，类似的东西She works for a bank or something.她为一家银行或诸如此类的机构工作。His main interest is moths or something.他主要的兴趣爱好是飞蛾或类似的什么。(infml slightly dated) If you describe an object, event or situation as something else you mean it is either extremely good or extremely bad.非同一般的What fantastic food--her cooking is something else!多棒的食物----她的烹饪水平真是不同凡响！The emotional hammering we endured was something else.我们在感情上所受的冲击是非同一般的。If a person gets something for nothing they get something they want such as money without doing anything such as working.不劳而获He's just a scrounger--he always wants something for nothing.他到处行骗----总想不劳而获。There probably is something in (= some truth in) the rumours of a conspiracy.在阴谋的谣言中也许有点道理。Something like means similar to but not exactly like.有点像He sounds something like his father when he speaks on the phone.他在电话里的声音有点像他的父亲。Also something like/(infml) around used about an amount or a number means approximately.大约Something like 25% of the local population can neither read nor write.当地约有25%的人既不会读也不会写。(humorous) Something a little stronger means a drink containing alcohol.含酒精的饮料，酒We have fruit juice but perhaps you'd like something a little stronger?我们喝果汁，但或许你想要杯酒吧？(slightly infml) The phrase something of means to a degree but not completely.在某种程度上She has something of her mother's facial features.她具有一些她母亲那样的面部特征。He always was something of a moaner.从某种程度而言，他是个悲观者。It was something of a surprise when we met so unexpectedly.我们如此的不期而遇，真有些令人惊奇。The building materials cost something over/under (= more/less than) $4 500.这些建筑材料花费4 500美元多一点/不到4 500美元。(slightly infml) The expression something to do with means in some way connected with or about.与…有关系Didn't she have something to do with that scandal which nearly caused the president to resign?这桩丑闻差点引起总统的辞职，她不是与这丑闻有关吗？If there is something in a story, explanation description, etc., there is some truth in it.有真实情况，有真实内容It seems there's something in his alibi after all.看来他不在现场的证据中有真实的成分。Also if there is something in a suggestion or an idea then it is worth considering.值得考虑There's something in catching the earlier train, it means we'd have more time to find somewhere to stay when we get there.我们可以考虑乘坐早一班的火车，这样的话当我们到达那里后，就能有更多的时间找安身之处。"Time for a little something (= food)" (A.A.Milne in the children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, 1926)“用餐时间”(米尔恩的儿童故事《小熊温尼普》)'Anything'is usually used instead of 'something'in negative sentences and questions.在否定句和疑问句中，通常用anything来代替something。
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