something
美 [ˈsʌmθɪŋ]
英 ['sʌmθɪŋ] 
- pron.某物;某事;想来重要(或值得注意)的事物;左右
- adv.非常
- n.〈婉辞〉同“damn. What the something are you doing here”
- 网络东西;某事物;什么
反义词
英汉双解
1. | 某事;某物a thing that is not known or mentioned by name |
| We stopped for something to eat. 我们停下来吃点儿东西。 |
| Give me something to do . 给我点活儿干吧。 |
| There's something wrong with the TV. 电视出毛病了。 |
| There's something about this place that frightens me. 这个地方有点儿让我害怕。 |
| Don't just stand there. Do something ! 别在那儿干站着,做点儿什么吧! |
| His name is Alan something(= I don't know his other name) . 他的名字叫艾伦什么的。 |
| She's a professor of something or other(= I'm not sure what) at Leeds. 她是利兹大学某个学科的教授。 |
| He's something in(= has a job connected with) television. 他是搞电视的。 |
| The car hit a tree or something . 汽车撞上了树或别的什么东西。 |
| I could just eat a little something . 我只能吃一点点东西。 |
2. |
想来重要(或值得注意)的事物a thing that is thought to be important or worth taking notice of |
| There's something in(= some truth or some fact or opinion worth considering in) what he says. 他的话不无道理。 |
| It's quite something(= a thing that you should feel happy about) to have a job at all these days. 如今能有份工作就该知足了。 |
| ‘We should finish by tomorrow.’ ‘ That's something(= a good thing) , anyway.’ “我们明天应该就能结束了。”“那也好哇。” |
3. |
(表示不确切的描述或数量)大致,左右used to show that a description or an amount, etc. is not exact |
| She called at something after ten o'clock. 她十点多钟来过电话。 |
| a new comedy aimed at thirty-somethings(= people between thirty and forty years old) 一部以三十几岁的人为主要观众的新喜剧 |
| It tastes something like melon. 这吃起来有点儿像甜瓜。 |
| They pay six pounds an hour. Something like that . 他们按每小时六英镑付费,大致如此。 |
| She found herself something of a(= to some degree a) celebrity. 她发现自己差不多成名人了。 |
| The programme's something to do with(= in some way about) the environment. 这是一个环境类节目。 |
| He gave her a wry look, something between amusement and regret. 他用颇耐玩味的目光看她一眼,说不清是开心,还是怅惋。 |
1. | (与形容词连用)很,非常used with an adjective to emphasize a statement |
| She was swearing something terrible. 她骂得很难听。 |
习惯用语
make something of yourself
有所成就;获得成功to be successful in life
something else
另外一件事;别的东西a different thing; another thing
| He said something else that I thought was interesting. 他讲的另外一件事我觉得挺有意思的。 |
出色的人(或事物)a person, a thing or an event that is much better than others of a similar type
| I've seen some fine players, but she's something else. 优秀运动员我见过不少,但她出类拔萃。 |
英汉解释
pron. | |
adv. | |
n. | 1. 〈婉辞〉同“damn. What the something are you doing here” |
na. | 1. “do someone/something a disservice/do a disservice to someone/something”的变体 |
英英解释
例句
Next time you are tempted to do something you think you might regret, try reminding yourself that you can say no.
下一次在你试图想做你认为可能会后悔的事情时,请试着提醒自己你能够说不,因为你有这个意志力。
And yet something had been going on since the previous evening which was all the more worrying because Marguerite was hiding it from me.
但是,从昨天起一定发生过什么事,玛格丽特越是瞒我,我越是感到惶惶不安。
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
对全靠“不懂事”而领薪的人,是不容易要他“懂事”的。
It was as though I was transported outside my body and I lost myself, but simultaneously discovered something far bigger.
我整个人就像被抽出我的身体之外,我迷失了,但同时发现了更大的东西。
But knowing when something or someone isn't good for you and taking yourself out of that situation is sometimes the right thing.
但是当明白一些事或人对你不好时,应该知道摆脱这种局面才是正确的。
Goyle is quite dense. He follows Draco Malfoy around and serves as something of a bodyguard for him.
高尔相当笨,他跟着德拉科·马尔福出来进去,充当他的保镖。
He was something of a loner, and his early pursuits included studying magic tricks and ham radio.
早年的他有些孤僻,爱好变戏法和业余无线电。
It's not enough to be sorry, we've also got to do something new, because repentance is essentially recreative and restorative.
为罪难过还不够,还要有新的行为,因为悔改在本质上是有建设性的。
I might have had a fever, and I thought I ate something bad because I had the runs.
而且我觉得我可能吃坏了东西,现在拉肚子…
There is something of mystery about him.
他这人有点儿神秘。
The same cannot be said of the club's fans, who, having worshipped Cannavaro, now see him as something of a traitor.
但尤文球迷并不以为然,他们过去曾将卡纳瓦罗视为英雄,现在却将他看作一个叛徒。
you know, I'm sort of hoping it'll be something for you, Cyril. I'd much rather it was for you than for me.
你知道,我也希望那会是适合你的东西,西里尔。我更希望那件东西更适合你而不是我。
If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in catastrophe, then someone will do it.
如果做某事有两种或多种方法,而其中一种将会导致巨大灾难,那么一定会有人照这种方法做。
She would love to have gone to visit her teacher last night, but she had something important to do and had to stay at home.
她昨晚本想去拜访她的老师,但是她有一些重要的事情要做,只得呆在家里。
What could create such a monster, something so heavy and yet unimaginably small?
到底是什么使这样一个恶魔既重又不可思议的小呢?
"Going into the series, I thought they were the better team, but I thought we had a chance to do something special, " Nash said.
“进入系列赛后,我觉得他们的球队更强大,不过我觉得我们有爆冷的机会。”纳什说。
Just pick something small and ubiquitous, something of nominal value that you won't miss much.
只要挑一种到处都能找到、外形小巧、票面价值不大会弄错的东西。
A process is simply an object that does something, then sometimes waits for a while before it is ready to do a next thing.
一个进程只是一个对象,它完成某些任务,随后在它准备完成下一个任务之前有时会等待一会儿。
I heard him coming up the stairs slowly, as if he were carrying something heavy.
我听见他慢慢上楼来,好像扛着什么重的东西。
In the City, there is a uniform for doing business. The bow tie is something of a statement of non-uniformity.
在金融城,做生意有统一风格的着装,而领结则是非统一的一种表达。
I have known something of him before.
我以前对他有所了解。
Now she had lost that wish to be like others and feel all that they felt, afraid of missing something.
现在她不再想和别人一样,和别人想法一样,唯恐错过什么似的了。
Finally he left the club to keep his other appointments, but something of his personality remained behind him.
最后他离开了俱乐部,去赴别的约会,但是他这个人的尺度却有几分叫人难忘。
Something very bad indeed had happened; she was completely changed, and I immediately charged her with it.
一定发生了很不幸的事;她完全变了一个人,我立刻为此责备起她来。
There was something in the way he said this which aroused her in an instant.
他说这句话的语气立即提醒了她。
She wanted to try the jewels on her fingers, but something in her would not let her.
她想试戴一下这些戒指,可是心里有某种东西不让她这样做。
There was something in your touch that was wonderful. It had more expression than I had ever heard from it.
你的指法妙极了,表现力实在丰富,我以前从来没有听到过。
We're not politicians, like you; we've gone through hell long enough to want something of the other thing.
我们不像你,我们都不是政客;我们已经吃够了苦,要尝尝别的滋味了。
Inevitably "Sanctuary" has become something of an embarrassment to Faulkner's admirers.
《圣殿》已经成了使福克纳的推崇者难堪的东西。
Since the apparition was not of someone or something, familiar appearing to him in an unfamiliar guise.
因为那个幽灵并不是以某种陌生的外表出现在他面前的一个常常出现的人或物。
Then he turned and extended his arms to his comrades. The gesture contained something of a benediction.
然后,他转身向同伴伸出双臂,这是祝福的手势。
It appeared to me that they regarded him with something of my own feeling.
我觉得他们看待他,也有点和我看待他那样。
In case I am to find a few days in Africa between now and Christmas, I should like to see something of the new French Army.
如果在现在与圣诞节之间,我能够在非洲匀出几天时间,我希望视察一下法国的新陆军。
Something in her little soul was old enough and woman enough to feel the irresistible, stinging joy of being needed.
在她幼小的心灵里,有一些非常成熟,非常女性化的东西使她感到被需要的不可抗拒的刺痛的快乐。
This must have been something of a blow for Mr. Heath.
对于希思先生,这可以说是当头一棒。
He mumbled something which I really did not catch, and I turned my ear to him in a puzzled manner.
他咕噜了一声,我确实没有听到他在讲什么,便一副茫然的样子把耳朵凑了过去。
The acquisition of two to the number of inhabitants in London was something.
能在伦敦居民的数字上加上两个,是了不起的事情。
I hope the book will suggest something of the way in which he quickened the heart and mind of the nation.
我希望本书能多少使读者了解,他曾怎样激发全国人民的心灵和才智。
The Frenchman had taken something out of him and nobody was writing that he should be considered for a shot at the title anymore.
法国人打掉了他的锐气,没人在报上再宣传他有取得冠军的希望了。
The most they could have done was to lock Mr. Hatch up while he cooled off for a few days, or refine him a little something.
他们至多把哈奇关上几天,让他冷静下来,或是罚他几个钱。
I now made her visit, and I found that she drove something of the old trade still.
我现在去看过她了,发现她仍然经营旧业。
It seemed to her that there would be something of impudence in making a festival of her secret.
她觉得将自己内心的秘密弄得沸沸扬扬是轻率鲁莽的。
Irene, looking at him again with that intent look, said quietly: "Something he wanted me to do for him! "
伊琳仍旧是那样凝神地望着他,静静地说:“他托我替他办的一点事情!”
From living a softer life, both sexes also began to lose something of their strength and ferocity.
由于得到了一种比较舒适的生活,两性都开始失去一部分强悍性和气力。
Twain, too, is something of the cynical pedagogue, though one of his San Francisco nicknames was the Wild Humorist of the Plains.
马克·吐温也有一点象愤世嫉俗的学究,虽然他在旧金山有一个绰号叫“平原上的野幽默家”。
She stared at it, uncomprehending, trying to fit the features to something in her memory.
她盯着它看,但认不出来,于是竭力从记忆中搜索它的影子。
If he'd said a "load of crap" or something similar I'd have had an excuse for ordering him from my office.
如果他说“胡说八道”,或者类似的话,我就有理由命令他离开我的办公室了。
The mirth was something of his own and he had no love burning for her there.
那是他自身的愉快,而没有热恋她的迫切愿望。
There was something in her face-a look of life hard--lived, the mysterious impress of emotions, experience, and suffering.
她脸上有一种--一种历尽坎坷的神情,和喜怒哀乐,阅历与痛苦留下的神秘痕迹。
As he tried to mount Edward felt a pain at the top of his chest. "I believe I've broken something. "
爱德华企图上马,这时他感到胸口一阵疼痛,说道:“我觉得我摔坏了哪儿。”
And there is something of dignity in his countenance, that would not give one an unfavourable idea of his heart.
至于他脸上的表情,的确有些尊严,不过人家也不会因此就说他心肠不好。
We know something of the great variety of the sea-bed's topography.
我们对海底的各种各样的地形也有了了解。
And this time- video of a man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours has become something of an internet sensation.
一卷录影带在互联网上传播的让人耸人听闻,讲的是一位男子被困在电梯中41个小时。
Non-PIC builds PHP using position-independent code and provides something of a 10-percent boost.
non-pic会使用位置独立的代码构建PHP并能提供10%的性能提升。
Jim O'Neill, the Goldman Sachs economist and "Brics" guru, caused a stir last week when he said "something is brewing in Beijing" .
高盛(GoldmanSachs)经济学家、“金砖四国”权威吉姆?奥尼尔(JimO’Neill)上周表示,“北京正在酝酿着什么”。此言引起了轰动。
While Mendelson said he thought it was more likely Google would leave China, he said a compromise could give both sides something they want.
尽管Mendelson表示,他认为谷歌还是更有可能会离开中国市场,但双方达成妥协或是互惠互利的。
She was scouring for signs of something positive, anything that would offer a ray of hope or light for her situation.
她在搜寻一些正面的信息,任何能使她的处境变回希望和光明的东西。
Its message is usually something like this: relax, recharge, you're working too much, drink water, exercise and get more sleep.
这样的信息就像是:休息,重新充电,或者你工作太多了,喝点水注意运动以及增加睡眠。
Sometimes all you need is a little bit of vacuum to help dry something out, or move a liquid through a tube, or remove gasses from a liquid.
有时所有您所需要的是一点点的真空,以帮助干一些,或移动的液体通过一根管子,或删除气体从液体。
When he said he wanted to get me "a wonderful ring" for Christmas I was picturing something for my finger.
他是说过要在圣诞送我一个惊喜的小圈圈,我以为是用在手指上的。
Nonrestrictive clauses tell you something about the subject of a sentence, but they do not limit, or restrict, the meaning.
非限制性从句告诉你关于句子主语的某些事情,但并不对其含义进行限定;
You just need to let it sit on hold for a while. Something I've found helpful is to write down your future goals, with a future start date.
我发现有个办法很有效,就是写下你未来的目标,和一个开始实现目标的时间。
The bank president said something in a low voice and went into his office.
行长低声说了句什么就进了办公室。
The Turin giants have something of an emergency at the back and Beppe Marotta is eager to resolve it when the transfer window opens again.
都灵巨人的后防线已经出现了一定程度的用兵荒,俱乐部总经理贝佩。马洛塔希望在转会窗口再度开启时解决这一问题。
You are under the influence of a supportive sky but you are, it seems, in something of a mood for argument.
支援的气氛在你左右,只是你看上去仍然在一种与人争论的情绪中。
Women expect to hear something romantic, like you swooped down on a flying unicorn and popped the question as you flew past the sunset.
这个问题。女人喜欢听到很浪漫的求婚戏码,比方说你在夕阳的背景下骑着飞行的独角兽,突然冲到她面前向她求婚。
I had no idea what I needed to do to snap out of this mindset but I did know that something big had happened and there was no turning back.
我完全不知道怎样做才能振作起来,但知道有些事发生就无法回头了。
Start small, with something that isn't really a big deal, but might help you do something just a little bit better than you do it today.
从一些不是很重要的事情开始,但是有可能能帮你在做事情时一点点地进步。
And yet, there seems, still, something especially authentic in Mr Obama's frequent reaching out to Islam and Judaism.
但是,在奥巴马与伊斯兰教和犹太教的频繁接触中,似乎有什么特别真实的东西。
And yet when you think of Nike, you feel something different than a shoe company.
然而,当你想到耐克,你会觉得耐克并不同于一个单纯的鞋业公司。
There was something so commanding in the distress of the old man, that Heyward did not dare to venture a syllable of consolation.
在老人的伤感中,有一种威严的意味,使得海沃德不敢说一句话来安慰他。
"If he had but a little more brains, " she thought to herself, "I might make something of him. "
她暗想道:“可惜他太笨,不然我倒可以把他训练得像个样子。”
One of my jobs was finding something wearable for the men coming in for a particular party.
我的一项工作就是找些还可以穿的衣服,供这些临时来为晚会服务的人员穿。
Warning bells started ringing in her head as she sensed that something was wrong.
当她意识到有差错时,头脑中便敲响了警钟。
She became aware of something about her, with an effort she roused herself to see what it was.
附近有什么东西引起她的注意,她努力振作精神看看是什么。
It does seem to me, my dear, that something might be done to straighten matters.
亲爱的,我看还是可以想办法清理一下的。
He had a very good countenance, not a fierce and surely aspect; but seemed to have something very manly in his face.
他的五官生得很端正,没有那样狰狞可憎的样子;脸上带着一种男子汉的英勇气概。
She'd felt ever since the first meeting that something had clicked between them.
自从第一次见面之后,她感到他们两人之间已经好上了。
There must be something wrong with this machine, you can't wriggle out of it.
一定是这台机器出了毛病,对此你不能推卸责任。
Riccardo could see that we were going down the tube in a hurry unless something happened soon.
里卡多能够看出,除非迅速出现转化,我们很快要遭到灭顶之灾。