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BNC: 167 COCA: 142

something

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some·thing /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun  
1  THINGused to mean a particular thing when you do not know its name or do not know exactly what it is 某物；某事；某种东西 → anything, everything, nothing
 There’s something in my eye.
我眼睛里有什么东西。
 Sarah said something about coming over later.
萨拉说她等一会儿过来什么的。
something new/old/good etc
 It’s a good car, but I’m looking for something newer.
这辆车不错，但我想找辆更新的。
 The house was too small, so they decided to look for something else (=a different one).
那房子太小，因此他们决定再另外找找。
 I think there’s something wrong (=a problem) with the phone.
我觉得这电话有问题。
 I don’t know what he does exactly, but I know it has something to do with computers (=is related to them in some way).
我不知道他具体是干什么的，只知道和电脑有关。
► see thesaurus at thing
2  something to eat/drink/read/do etc DFDFDsome food, a drink, a book, an activity etc 吃的/喝的/读的/做的东西等
 Would you like something to drink?
你想喝点什么吗？
 I should take something to read on the plane.
我应该带点东西在飞机上读。
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something to eat/drink/read/do etc• Most calendar programs remind you gently when you have something to do.• No, you can't dash out for something to eat.• Then I rolled up my things in a blanket and went out and had something to eat.• You've done it a thousand times already, but you do it again, just for something to do.• But he was walking to a truck stop across the street, probably getting something to eat during his break.• It had something to do with being a man.• It had something to do with skills, and something to do with expectation and hope.• Of course, the beer might have had something to do with this.
3  do something to do something in order to deal with a problem or difficult situation 动手去解决问题，做点什么
 Don’t just stand there – do something!
不要光站在那里——做点什么呀！
do something about
 Can you do something about that noise?
你能想想办法让那噪音消失吗？
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something about• And the second view shows a marked advantage when we begin to do something about behavior.• I'd better do something about improving it.• For those who are reluctant, understand why and do something about it.• If the result is none too pleasant, it's time to do something about it.• Whenever Gandhi felt distressed or disturbed he wanted to do something about it.• We've got to do something about the bomb before we start.• I wish they'd do something about the noise.• We better do something about this deficiency right now.• I keep thinking I should do something about this place but there's never any time.
4  something about somebody/something CHARACTER OF somethingCHARACTER/PERSONALITYused to say that a person, situation etc has a quality or feature that you recognize but you cannot say exactly what it is 某人/某事有点…
(there is) something different/odd/unusual about somebody/something
 There was something rather odd about him.
他这人有点奇怪。
 There’s something about her voice that I find really sexy.
她声音里有种东西让我觉得非常性感。
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There’s something about• There's something about it that's delectably ... grown-up.• There's something about one lighted window in an otherwise dark building that teases the imagination.• There's something about the Western Loire that makes you want to savour every moment.• These two paintings are almost nothing, but there's something about their quiet presence, which is insistent and compelling.• There's something about this matter which could lead us to the gallows or on to the knife of some hired assassin.• There's something about this that doesn't make any sense.• There's something about those milestone birthdays that brings out millennial gloom rather than the gaiety in us all.
5  ... or something APPROXIMATELYFORGET spoken used when you cannot remember, or do not think it is necessary to give, another example of something you are mentioning 或者什么的，诸如此类
 Her name was Judith, or Julie, or something.
她的名字叫朱迪丝或朱莉什么的。
 Here’s some money. Get yourself a sandwich or something.
给你点钱，你去买个三明治什么的吃吧。
6  something like 100/2,000 etc  APPROXIMATELYclose to but not exactly a large amount such as 100,2, 000 etc 100/2,000 等左右
 Something like 50,000 homes are without power.
约有5万户人家没有电。
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something like 100/2,000 etc• Insignia has something like 100 engineers working on its line.
7. be thirty-something/forty-something etc APPROXIMATELYused to say that someone is aged between 30 and 39, between 40 and 49 etc when you do not know exactly 三十几岁/四十几岁等
8  be (really/quite) something BROKEN spoken used to say that something is very good and impressive 真了不起，真精彩
 Running your own company at 21 is really something.
你 21 岁就经营自己的公司，真了不起。
 That was really something, wasn’t it?
那真是了不起，对不对？
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be (really/quite) something• Practice time is something else everyone seems to take for granted.• But there was something else, too.• It lies unassimilated on the edge of my under-standing; there is something I must learn from it.• Yes, there was something in there and I bet myself it would be Jo's emerald pendant.• Surely there was something more to it.• She thinks this is something that concerns you, too.• That is something that special educators have, so far, lamentably failed to offer disabled children and their families.• Cancer was something you cut out and that was that.
9  be something else spoken to be unusual or funny to other people 真了不起；真有趣
 You really are something else!
你真有意思！
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be something else• You're really something else, Jeff.• Red, though, is something else.• Those two clubs are something else.• But to see them as marginal or peripheral is something else again.• Sorting through his things was something else entirely.• Um, there was something else I want to ask you too.• There was something else in them.• There is something else, though.• However, there is something else to consider.
10  there’s something in/to something TRUEused to admit that someone’s words are true or their ideas are successful etc 某事物有道理
 They had to concede that there was something in his teaching methods.
他们不得不承认他的教学方法确实有一套。
 Do you think there’s something to the rumours about Larry and Sue?
有关拉里和休的传闻，你认为是不是真的？
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there’s something in/to something• Well at least there's something in it for the viewer.• Just as everyone's forgetting about Myra Hindley, there's something in the newspaper again about her.• Hello, I thought, maybe there's something in this for you after all.
11  have something of something LIKE/SIMILARto have a few of the same features or qualities that someone else has 有某人的某些特点
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have something of something• William Right-well, then we have something of an impasse.• At last I have something of Father's.• Clearly a stranger had emptied it, hence obviously they thought she might have something of interest in it.• The gardens have something of interest to offer throughout the year.• They must each have something of reality about them.• It seems you already have something of the greater power.• We have something of value to offer you, but you in return have something to offer us.• You really do have something of Zbigniew in you.
12  be something of a gardener/an expert etc GOOD ATto know a lot about something or to be very good at something 算得上是园艺家/专家等
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be something of a gardener/an expert etc• Richard Holmes was something of an expert at the game, but he ended up as a down-and-out by the end.• In his own way he is something of an expert on the private lives of actresses.• Alfred Walter is something of an expert on Viennese music particularly that of the Johann Strauss era.
13  something of a shock/surprise etc QUITE/FAIRLY formal used to say that something is a shock, surprise etc, but not completely or not in a strong or severe way 某事有点令人吃惊/意外等
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came as something of• The feel of his strong fingers enclosing her small palm came as something of a shock to her system.• That she was shocked came as something of a shock to me, too.• At the time it came as something of a shock.• Even though I thought I was becoming immune to surprises from this species, what happened came as something of a shock.• The tapes came as something of a shock.• In this context, the impact of area-promoting advertising came as something of a surprise.• Jim and his wife Jan have been married for 18 years and the baby came as something of a surprise.• Some of their views came as something of a surprise.
14  a little something GIVEused when you are telling someone that you have bought them a present 一件小小的礼物
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a little something• So I thought, a little push, a little shove, a little something extra to shake it loose.• Pawlowski knows a little something about horsepower.• Well, I ate a little something in my room earlier.• Before that, and this should tell you a little something, it was not much more attractive for Stanford.• Can yet give us a little something now, Morreen.• This time aliens stop by for a visit and leave a little something, um, behind.• Let me just tell you a little something!• Mrs Fanning also stood up and said she could stand to leave behind a little something.
15  sixty something/John something etc spoken used when you cannot remember the rest of a number or name 六十多/约翰什么的等〔表示记不起尾数或某人的全名〕
16. make something of yourself to become successful 获得成功，有所成就
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make something of yourself• Most ladies maids try to make something of themselves.• She too wanted her boys to make something of themselves.• She was totally uninterested in the proposition that a man ought to make something of himself.• The one with the ambition and the talent and the brains to really make something of herself.• As with all young people she had to make something of herself before she could offer anything to anyone else.• Uncle Allen had made something of himself by 1932.• He looked like a man who might be able to make something of himself if a good woman took him in hand.• She began to think of it as he, and wondered if he would make something of himself later on in life.
17  that’s something HAPPYused to say that there is one thing that you should be glad about 那还算不错〔表示某事可以聊以自慰〕
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that’s something• Okay, that's something a soldier has to accept, in an abstract sort of way.• As for Winterreise itself, that's something else.• From his talks with players, that's something he discovered was missing in the Phillies clubhouse last season.• And that's something many fans simply don't want.• You bought it as somewhere where you could keep me, and that's something quite different.• And that's something technology alone, however sharp, could never do.• It's a manifestation of the marvellous relationship you had with your husband and that's something you should hand on to dearly.• Oh, good, that's something.
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something• Come here - I want to show you something.
has something to do with• I know it has something to do with a battle, a running mate and a presidential election.• Perhaps it has something to do with great players being unable to translate their ability and desire to lesser-skilled athletes.• Size clearly has something to do with its effect, he wrote, but not size as reflection of ego.• I know that the word has something to do with poetry.• I am convinced that good play has something to do with relaxation and good company.• Maybe it has something to do with the curious outlook he had on life.• But it is charitable to assume that it has something to do with the kind of critic that Pound is.• Maybe it has something to do with the leisurely pace of the sport.
some·thing pronoun
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BNC: 167 COCA: 142
BNC: 167 COCA: 142
something pron.
⇨ something to eat ⇨ snack noun
BNC: 167 COCA: 142

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