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英[ˈsʌmθɪŋ]美[ˈsʌmθɪŋ]

pron.某物，某事，（表示不确切的描述或数量）大致，左右，想来重要（或值得注意）的事物；

adv.（与形容词连用）很，非常；

英语六级真题

They might eat something toxic and damage their health.

They may eat something harmful.

The challenge is if certain types of people are doing something, it's difficult for other people to break into it, said Po-Shen Loh, the head coach of last year's winning U.S.Math Olympiad team.

Some young people like to keep something to themselves and don't want their parents to know about it.

One boy said, I'd rather be concentrating on artistic efforts than saving the world or something.

It has become something odd in a modern house.

A lot of times people are not really aware of the impact they have, or the fact that taking them in combination with other medications might put you at increased risk for something that you wouldn’t otherwise being countering or be at risk for.

One day, I was invited to an important event, and I wanted to wear something special for it.

The union backing it makes members think there must be something in it.

Rather than merely asking about something they wanted to try, they tended to include both cause and effect in their question.

No matter how hard you try, you can't turn something that large on a dime ( ' , 10 美分硬币 ),or even a few thousand dimes.

Together, the team may then produce something new, unique and superior to that of any one member.

A lot of times people are not really aware of the impact they have, or the fact that taking them in combination with other medications might put you at increased risk for something that you wouldn't otherwise being countering or be at risk for.

Alternatively, you may wish to try and surprise your boss with something less common, such as this zinfandel.

And actually, you can easily download this Jacket and change the word to something else, for example, your name or your sweetheart's name.

And when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

As long as it's impossible to produce something from nothing, costs are absolutely a barrier.

As marketing professors Silvia Bellezza, Neeru Paharia, and Anat Keinan recently explained in Hazard Business Review HBR, leisure time was once seen as an indicator of high social status, something attainable only for those at the top.

But some companies are realizing that placing the burden of recycling entirely on the consumer is not an effective strategy, especially when tossing something away seems like the easiest and most convenient option.

Compared with other groups, I think the numbers in this group, at those 65 schools, are something like just barely more than half of the black male athletes graduate at all.

Each week, he would try something different to see if he could find a better, faster way down the mountain.

For example, when you own something, you feel it as more valuable than when you don't own it.

Have you ever had someone try to explain something to you a dozen times with no luck?

I guess something in the vicinity of 30 or 40 would be good.

If the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says, it would make a strong case for a second stimulus—something the Obama administration hopes will not be necessary.

If they wanted to spell something, they used code words for letters of the Alphabet.

If we weren't on our devices,we'd likely do something similarly unproductive.

If you are looking for something priced in the middle, I would say anything between $30 and $60 would make a decent gift.

If you want something to be done, then their staff do not have so much incentive to help you because he's a worker for the government.

I'm attracted to it, because culture isn't something that only shapes the way our minds operate.

It is as if there is something fun and liberating about making someone else's choice.

It literally is like something in a dream to remember what it's like to actually be able to go out and put in a day's work and receive a day's pay.

Many people assume that our attitudes are internally consistent, that is, the way you think and feel about someone or something predicts your behavior towards them.

No matter how hard you try, you can't turn something that large on a dime, or even a few thousand dimes.

Nothing dramatic, but there's something you should know about.

Now, the only apparent cost to taking infinite photos of something as common as a meal is the space on your hard drive and your dining companion's patience.

Once we recognize that these things happen to us, we are half way to doing something about them.

Our phones are like cigarettes—something to do when we're anxious,bored or when our fingers need something to toy with.

Parents of teenagers often view their children^ friends with something like suspicion.

People who are susceptible to decision fatigue will likely choose to do nothing over something, he says.

Plagued by long delays, perpetual mismanagement, and ever saw ring costs, the airport has become something of a joke among Germans and a source of frustration for local politicians, business leaders and residents alike.

Provided you have not cheated by consulting an atlas, you will notice something rather surprising— the two lists will contain roughly the same number of states, but they will not be identical.

Psychologists have recently focused on the tendency to think about something other than the task one is doing.

Research conducted at Stanford University shows a mental image fires the nerve system the same way as actually doing something.

Rodriguez says it's important that residents here don't feel like he's selling them something.

So it looks as though self-control is something that in one generation can disadvantage the next generation.

So I've just got to do my best, and take a couple of seconds to look through the first few lines before I launch into something.

That's why, for example, may say they believe in the benefits of recycling or exercise, but don't behave in line with their views, because it takes awareness, effort and courage to go beyond merely stating that you believe something is a good idea.

Then they try to teach the students something with a specific presentation style, like using visual aids, and do a follow up test to see how much they learned.

There is something about water that makes it a good metaphor for life.

There's something different about this technology: It is both invasive and persuasive.

There's something in the region of six or seven thousand pounds a year, which is not high.

Think of something as seemingly benign as the cellphone: we have microfinance and text-based social networking at one end of the spectrum, and improvised explosive devices at the other.

When they get to know me and to trust me, knowing for sure I'm not selling them something -- there'll be more honest feedback from them.

When Tm doing something I'd rather not do, or when I'm someplace I'd rather not be, I use my phone to port myself elsewhere.

with the benefit of hindsight, it looks like the Internet will transform the economy at something like the pace of other great inventions like electricity.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

PRON-INDEF

某物，某事(指事物、情况、事件、想法等)

You use something to refer to a thing, situation, event, or idea, without saying exactly what it is.

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PRON-INDEF

(描述、数量等)大概，大致，大约，左右

You can use something to say that the description or amount that you are giving is not exact.

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PRON-INDEF

(人、物等)真棒，很了不起

If you say that a person or thing is something or is really something, you mean that you are very impressed by them.

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PRON-INDEF

聊以自慰的事;还算幸运的事

You can use something in expressions like 'that's something' when you think that a situation is not very good but is better that it might have been.

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PRON-INDEF

有点儿;有几分

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.

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PRON-INDEF

(想法或建议)有道理，值得考虑

If you say that there is something in an idea or suggestion, you mean that it is quite good and should be considered seriously.

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PRON-INDEF

(表示对说的话不能肯定)或别的什么，或诸如此类

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.

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英汉词典释义

pron.

某物, 某事

重要的事物[人], 有一定意义的事物

n.

（表示不确切的描述或数量）大致，左右

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a thing of some kind;