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| /səm/ |
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| strong /sʌm/ |
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| 1 | an amount or number
used for referring to an amount of something or a number of people or things, without saying how much or how many 一些；某些 |
| Let me give you some advice. 我来给你点建议。 |
| Tomatoes were only five francs a kilo, so I bought some. 西红柿每公斤才5法郎，所以我买了一些。 |
| The result came as a surprise to some. 这个结果让有些人大吃一惊。 |
| some more I just wanted some more information about language courses. 我只是想了解关于语言课程的更多信息。 |
| some few/little It will take some little time for her to recover. 她得花些时间才能康复。 |
| Some few days later Arthur received a reply to his letter. 好几天后阿瑟收到了回信。 |
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| 2 | part of an amount or number
used for showing that you are only referring to part of an amount , group , or number and not all of it 一些；若干；一部分 |
| +of I’ ve forgotten some of the details. 有些细节我已经忘记了。 |
| Some of you may know the story of Rip Van Winkle. 你们有些人可能知道《瑞普·凡·温克尔》的故事。 |
| some...others Some kids are more adventurous than others. 有些孩子比其他孩子更喜欢冒险。 |
| some...some Some people like pigeons and some don’ t. 有些人喜欢鸽子，而有些人则不喜欢。 |
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| 3 | a fairly large amount or number
used for emphasizing that you are talking about a fairly large amount of something or a fairly large number of people or things 相当；不少 |
| We’ ve been waiting here for some time already. 我们已经在这儿等了些时候了。 |
| He left Cranfield some years ago and hasn’ t been heard of since. 好几年前他离开了克兰菲尔德，从那以后再无消息。 |
| It took some courage to speak out against her employer. 公然反对她的老板是需要些勇气的。 |
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| 4 | used for referring to a person or thing without being specific
used for referring to a person or thing without knowing or without saying exactly which one 某个（用于表示不确指的人或事物） |
| There must have been some mistake. 一定是出了什么差错。 |
| Some fool drove into the back of my car. 有个傻瓜撞到了我的车尾。 |
| some...or other For some reason or other they didn’ t stamp my passport. 基于某些原因，他们没有在我的护照上盖戳。 |
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| 5 | used before a number that is not exact
used for showing that you are guessing a number 大约 |
| York is a historic city of some 110,000 people. 约克是座历史名城，约有110000人口。 |
| Marion died in hospital some ten days later. 大约10天后玛丽昂在医院死亡。 |
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| 6 | spoken used for showing approval
used for describing someone or something that you think is very good or impressive 极好的；相当不错的 |
| That’ s some view you get from up there! 上面的风景好极了！ |
| That was some wedding – there must have been a thousand people there. 那才叫婚礼呢，一定有1000人参加了。 |
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| 7 | AMERICAN very informal to a small degree
used for saying that something happens to a certain degree but not very much 几分；稍微 |
| They criticized me personally, and that hurt me some. 他们对我进行了个人攻击，这有些伤害了我。 |
| I’ m feeling some better. 我感觉好点了。 |
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| - | and then some spoken
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| used for emphasizing that there is more in addition to what you have mentioned |
| 还有别的；还不止这些 |
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| The house must have cost half a million dollars and then some. 这房子一定花掉了不止50万美元。 |
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| - | somehope/chance BRITISH
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| used for showing that you do not think that something is at all likely |
| 毫无希望/绝无机会 |
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| ‘We wondered if Raoul would lend us the money.’ ‘Some hope! He’ s the meanest man I know.’ “我们在想拉乌尔是否会借给我们钱。”“想都甭想！他是我认识的最吝啬的一个人。” |
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