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determiner /sʌm/
/sʌm/
- /səm/, strong form /sʌm//səm/, strong form /sʌm/used with uncountable nouns or plural countable nouns to mean ‘an amount of’ or ‘a number of’, when the amount or number is not given
(与不可数名词或复数可数名词连用)一些,若干 - There's still some wine in the bottle.
瓶子里还有些葡萄酒。 - Have some more vegetables.
再吃点蔬菜吧。
- There's still some wine in the bottle.
(指群体中的某些成员或事物的某些类型)某些,部分,有的 - Some people find this more difficult than others.
这件事有人觉得难,有人觉得不难。 - Some people never seem to put on weight while others are always on a diet.
有些人似乎从来没有增加体重,而其他人总是在节食。 - I like some modern music (= but not all of it).
有些现代音乐我喜欢。
- Some people find this more difficult than others.
好些;不少的;相当多的 - It was with some surprise that I heard the news.
听到这个消息我吃惊不小。 - We've known each other for some years now.
我们俩认识有些年头了。 - We're going to be working together for some time (= a long time).
我们要在一起工作相当一段时间。
- It was with some surprise that I heard the news.
少量的;不多的 - There is some hope that things will improve.
情况好转还是有希望的。
- There is some hope that things will improve.
(与单数名词连用,表示未知或未确指的人、地、事物或时间)某个 - There must be some mistake.
一定是出了什么差错。 - He's in some kind of trouble.
他遇到了什么麻烦。 - She won a competition in some newspaper or other.
她在某报举办的竞赛中得了奖。 - I'll see you again some time, I'm sure.
我敢肯定,什么时候我们还会再见面的。
- There must be some mistake.
- (informal, sometimes ironic) used to express a positive or negative opinion about somebody/something
(表达褒贬意见时用)真可谓,算不上 - That was some party!
那才叫晚会! - Some expert you are! You know even less than me.
你也算专家!你还不如我呢。
- That was some party!
词源Old English sum, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hamōs ‘somehow’ and Sanskrit sama ‘any, every’.