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1. PRON-INDEF You use something to refer to a thing, situation, event, or idea, without saying exactly what it is. 某物; 某事

He realized right away that there was something wrong. 他馬上意識(shí)到有地方不對(duì)了。

There was something vaguely familiar about him. 他身上有某些東西似曾相識(shí)。

"You said there was something you wanted to ask me," he said politely. “你說過有什么事情要問我，”他彬彬有禮地說。

2. PRON-INDEF You can use something to say that the description or amount that you are giving is not exact. 有點(diǎn)像; 差不多[PRON prep]

Clive made a noise, something like a grunt. 克萊夫發(fā)出了一陣噪聲，有點(diǎn)像呼嚕聲。

Their membership seems to have risen to something over 10,000. 他們的會(huì)員似乎已經(jīng)增加到差不多超過一萬人了。

3. PRON-INDEF If you say that a person or thing is something or is really something, you mean that you are very impressed by them. 真不錯(cuò)[非正式]

You're really something. 你的確真不錯(cuò)。

4. PRON-INDEF You can use something in expressions like "that's something" when you think that a situation is not very good but is better than it might have been. 差強(qiáng)人意

Well, at least he was in town. That was something. 哦，至少他還在城里。那也算不錯(cuò)啦。

5. PRON-INDEF If you say that a thing is something of a disappointment, you mean that it is quite disappointing. If you say that a person is something of an artist, you mean that they are quite good at art. 有點(diǎn)兒[PRON 'of' n]

The city proved to be something of a disappointment. 結(jié)果這座城市證明有點(diǎn)兒令人失望。

6. PRON-INDEF If you say that there is something in an idea or suggestion, you mean that it is quite good and should be considered seriously. (想法或建議) 有道理[PRON 'in' n]

Could there be something in what he said?

他說的話是否有道理？

7. PRON-INDEF You use something in expressions such as "or something" and "or something like that" to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact. 諸如此類的東西[含糊]

This guy, his name was Briarly or Beardly or something. 這個(gè)家伙，他的名字叫布賴爾利，或比亞特利，或跟這差不多的。

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