somewhere

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some·where /ˈsʌmweə $ -wer/ S1 W2 adverbadv

1 PLACEin or to a place, but you do not say or know exactly where 在某处；到某处

My wallet must be around here somewhere.

我的钱包肯定是在这里的什么地方。

somewhere to do something

There must be somewhere to eat cheaply in this town.

镇上肯定有吃饭便宜的地方。

somewhere safe/different etc

Is there somewhere safe where I can leave my bike?

这里有什么安全的地方可以放我的自行车吗？

Go and play somewhere else (=in a different place) – I’m trying to work.

到别的地方去玩——我要工作。

We could meet for dinner at Giorgio’s or somewhere (=or a similar place).

我们可以在乔治家或别的什么地方一起吃饭。

2 somewhere around/between etc APPROXIMATELYa little more or a little less than a particular number or amount, especially a large one 〔数字或数量〕大约…/在…之间等 SYN approximately

We have somewhere in the region of 500 firefighters in this area.

在这个地区，我们有大约 500 名消防队员。

Examples from the Corpus

somewhere in the region of• Prices vary enormously for group holidays but a typical price would be somewhere in the region of £25 per person per day.• To judge by his observation so far, it was somewhere in the region of eighty-seven.• I had an arrow right through my body from back to front somewhere in the region of my lower ribs.• She herself was somewhere in the region of the ceiling, looking down.

3 be getting somewhere PROGRESSto be making progress 有进步，有进展

At last I feel we’re getting somewhere.

我终于觉得我们有进展了。

Examples from the Corpus

be getting somewhere• Now we're really getting somewhere!• After four awful years, I finally felt I was getting somewhere.• At last I felt we were getting somewhere.• He could therefore be patient, for he was getting somewhere when he did not seem to be moving forward.

Examples from the Corpus

somewhere• Cars went past in a hurry to somewhere.• It's been in the mud somewhere.• Weaving through the hills was the Owens River aqueduct, and somewhere along its course were the Alabama Gates.• From somewhere along the corridor there came the sound of laughter.• The concept of walking around looking somewhere between medium-rare and well-done is relatively recent.• I know I saw it somewhere, but I can't remember exactly where.• So I cast around for somewhere else and we found this, in a very poor state of repair.• He survived and is now believed to be hiding somewhere in the United States under federal protection.• I know their house is somewhere near here.• She lives somewhere near Manchester.• She needs to find somewhere to live before starting her new job.• The pathfinder, hidden in the tree line somewhere, told us everybody was loaded and to take off to the left.• He supposed it was somewhere under the rug, perhaps held on to by old Josh as some sort of comforter.

or somewhere• We could go to the park or somewhere.• Drive over and have lunch at Chichester or somewhere.• They could transfer me to Detroit, or somewhere.• They were in Pennsylvania or New Jersey or somewhere.• Jack was most likely in there, or somewhere about.• It became a cozy, happy center of operations, but Alvin insisted on meeting people downstairs or somewhere else entirely.• You must have some friends at the Pentagon or somewhere in the military.• It's scary; you'd think we were in Chicago or somewhere like that.• For Sontag, the fact that a photograph exists testifies to the actuality of how something, some one or somewhere once appeared.

some·where adverbadv

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BNC: 1359 COCA: 1588

somewhere

Everywhere and anywhere: everywhere, anywhere, somewhere...

Inexact and inaccurate: incorrect, inexact, wrong...

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