somehow

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some·how /ˈsʌmhaʊ/ S2 W2 adverbadv

1 WAY/METHODin some way, or by some means, although you do not know how 用某种方法；不知怎的

Don’t worry, we’ll get the money back somehow.

别担心，我们总会把那些钱拿回来的。

Somehow, I managed to lose my keys.

我不知怎的竟然把钥匙弄丢了。

Maybe we could glue it together somehow or other.

也许我们可以想什么办法把它粘起来。

2 REASONfor some reason that is not clear to you or that you do not understand 由于某种不明原因，不知为什么

Somehow, I just don’t think it’ll work.

不知为什么，我总觉得那样行不通。

Examples from the Corpus

somehow• There's a bus strike, but I'm sure Ian will get here somehow.• And nobody would pay anything to anyone unless they could get it back somehow.• There was somehow a smell of sulphur in the air now and Rohmer's eyes seemed to be glittering in triumph.• And, oddly enough, this growing uneasiness somehow affected my work for the better.• Eels come into it somehow, but not in a way that can be described in a family newspaper.• The newspaper had somehow got hold of some secret government papers.• It was all right, somehow, his being dead.• Somehow I had a feeling you were going to say that.• I'll find out her address somehow or other.• Something strange had happened; the caddie bus had somehow taken on a life of its own.• Somehow they managed to climb in through the bathroom window.• Fon somehow understood that the ancient rhythms of the words soothed Katherine as much as the message behind them.

somehow or other• I also guiltily recollected Lady Carey's insidious remarks: somehow or other Benjamin was always close to the murdered person.• We thought there was some sort of divine providence which would somehow or other get us away.• And somehow or other I had to tell some one about Cleve Atchinson.• It's an absurd little thing really and yet somehow or other it's important.• In front of me, several of the chained-together kneelers and sitters had somehow or other recognized me.• We had been used to seeing bigger names travel here but somehow or other they never showed top form.• To our amazement, somehow or other, this demonstration had remained a secret.• I knew he was connected somehow or other with the CIA.• And if they don't, somehow or other you have to develop that confidence for yourself.

some·how adverbadv

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IELTS BNC: 2005 COCA: 1649

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Miscellaneous multi-sense adverbs: back, evenly, just...

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