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Something在英语里,特别是在口语中,使用广泛,基本意义是(性质不确定的)某事物。但实际上,在应用中远远超出这个意义。如使用得当,常能增强语言内的趣味性和表达能力。现在就撇开其基本意义,浅谈以下常见的几种习惯用法。 
 
1、 指颇有价值的或重要的事物,解作“了不起”、“重要”、“有道理”。如: 
 
(1) He can run 100 meters in 10.5 seconds 。 That is really 
something 。 --他十秒就能跑完一百公尺,真是了不起! 
 
(2) He thinks he is something 。 --他自以为了不起。 
 
(3) Theory is certainly something but practice is everything 。 
--理论固然重要,但是实践尤为重要。 
 
(4) There is something in this book 。 Have you read it ? 
--这本书颇有参考价值,你读过吗? 
 
2、 or something 表示对某事物不十分肯定。恐怕把事情说的太绝,会承担什么责任,用以留有余地。如: 
 
(1) Mr Green is a scientist or something (does some job of 
science)。 --格林先生是一个科学家之类的人物。 
 
(2) I heard that a fire broke out in his house or something 。 
--我听说他家着火了还是发生了别的事情。 
 
(3) She made a fire near the oil tank or something 。 
--她在油箱附近燃起了一堆火,或做出别的蠢事。 
 
3、 something of 用来表示一种不确定的程度或没有完全的把握。如: 
 
(1) Arriving at the village , he found himself something of an 
honoured guest 。 --到达那个村子时,他发现人们把他当作贵宾。 
 
(2) He is something of a liar 。 --他不是一个十分诚实的人。 
 
(3) He is something of a programmer 。 --他略微熟悉程式编制。 
 
4、 something like 表示稍似,有点像,大约等意思。如: 
 
(1) The flying machine is shaped something like a bird 。 
--那架飞行器的外型略微象一只鸟。 
 
(2) The total output of grain this year is something like one 
million kilograms 。 --今年粮食总产量大约一百万公斤。 
 
5、 something 还有时后接形容词做表语。做“有些”、“似乎”解。如: 
 
(1) He was something unhappy 。 --他当时似乎有点不高兴。 
 
(2) She is something better today 。 --她今天似乎好些了。 
 
6、 something in one 指人的情绪、表情、神态等。如: 
 
(1) Something in her was hostile to catholic , as to foreigners 。 
--她对基督教有些敌对情绪,如同对外国人。 
 
(2) Only something in her was manner prevented her husband from 
going out that evening 。 --只是她举止有点异常,才阻止了她丈夫那天晚上的外出。 
 
7、 something tells sb. 意思是好象感觉到,仿佛意识到或知道。如: 
 
(1) Something tells me that the young man is a thief 。 
--我好象感觉到那个年轻人是小偷。 
 
(2) Something tells me this 。 --我似乎知道这点。 
 
(3) Something told him that the accident would happen 。 
--他好象意识到了那场事故会发生。 
 
8、 have something going for one 表示某人有某种做事的条件,如能力、天资、容貌等。如: 
 
(1) John’s got something for him 。 He would succeed in tackling the 
problem 。 --约翰身具才能,他会成功地处理好这个问题。 
 
(2) Jenny has something going for her , she will surely gain love 
of a young man 。 --珍妮长的很美,她一定会赢得年轻人人的爱慕。 
 
9、 make something of 找碴……如: 
 
(1) He made something of what the worker said to fire him 。 
--他以那工人说的话为藉口,把他解雇了。 
 
(2) Tom accidentally shoved Bob in the doorway and Bob made 
something of it 。 --汤姆偶然在门口碰到了鲍波,而鲍波便以此找碴。 
 
10、 start something 指无中生有地找碴,与人打架吵嘴。如: 
 
(1) That boy is always starting something 。 --那孩子总是惹是生非。 
 
(2) He started something but I made no reply 。 --他找碴,可是我没理他。 
 
11、 have something on sb. 手中有某人的把柄。如: 
 
(1) He dare not have words with me because I have something on him 
。 --他不敢与我吵嘴,因为我手里抓着他的把柄。 
 
(2) Because he has something on the boss , the boss does not rage 
against him 。 --因为他手里抓着老板的把柄,所以老板不向他发火。 
 
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