something pron. 1.某物,某事。 2.若干,幾分;某類事物〔表示的是模糊的概念〕。 3.實有物 (opp. nothing)。 4.重要事物;要人,名人,有出息的人。 5.〔口語〕喝的,吃的。 There is something in him. 他這個人是有些道理的。 Here is something for you. 送你一點東西。 What's his name Jim something. 他叫什么名字? 吉姆什么的。 It is something to have got so far. 弄到那個地步,挺什么(了不起)的了。 You've got something there. 〔口語〕你的話有點道理;那是一個好主意。 take [have] a drop of something 喝一點(酒)。 S- is better than nothing. 聊勝于無。 He is [has] something in the Customs. 他在海關(guān)里有一個差事[有點地位]。 He lost his train or (did) something. 他也許沒趕上火車或是什么的啦。 I caught the five something train. 我趕上五點多的火車。 Theory is something, but practice is everything. 理論雖重要,實踐更重要。 be something of a [an] ...有一點…,有些像…的地方 (I am something of a musician. 我有一點點音樂知識)。 have something of the ... in one 有…的天分。 have something on one's mind 有心事。 know something of everything and everything of something 通百藝而專一長。 make something of 將…訓(xùn)練成相當(dāng)?shù)娜宋?;利用…?or something 大概是…之類的 (He is a scientist or something. 他大概是科學(xué)家之類的人物。 She's got a cold or something. 她大概是受了涼)。 see something of (him) 和(他)有些來往;有點認識(他)。 something damp 〔俚語〕酒。 something for nothing 不費勁得到的好處;輕易得來的利益。 something good 好東西;賽馬的內(nèi)幕消息。 something of 在某種意義(或程度)上。 something of the kind 類似的事物。 something on the hip 〔美俚〕酒。 something short 〔俚語〕酒。 something to write home about 值得大書特書的事情。 something tells me 〔口語〕我認為… (S- tells me my watch isn't quite right. 我覺得我的手表走得不準)。 think something of oneself 自以為了不起,自命不凡。 adv. 〔古語〕幾分,有點,多少,相當(dāng)。 something like 〔口語〕大約,約;有幾分像…的,有點像…的;〔口語〕了不起的,極好的,偉大的 (It must be something like six o'clock. 現(xiàn)在一定是六點鐘模樣了。 That's something like ! 〔口語〕那倒是極好的東西!)。 n.,adj.,vt. 〔委婉語〕=hell, devilish, damn. What the something are you doing here 你究竟在這兒干什么? You something villain! 你這大壞蛋! I'll see you somethinged first! 該死的東西!
something of 有幾分; 在某種程度(意義)上; 在某種意義(或程度)上; 在某種意義上, 在某種程度上
making n. 1.制作(物),制造(物),生產(chǎn);一次制造量;發(fā)展[發(fā)達]過程;成功的原因[手段];組織;〔常 pl.〕原料,材料。 2.〔口語〕 〔pl.〕利益,賺頭,所得。 3.〔pl.〕素質(zhì),要素。 4.〔pl.〕〔美口〕(自卷自抽的)卷煙材料[紙和煙]。 5. (煤礦中挖出來的)粉煤。 the makings of a good garden 一個美好的花園的條件。 be the making of 成為…的基礎(chǔ),保證…的成功 (His failure has been the making of him. 他的失敗成了他成功的原因)。 have the makings of 具有…的素質(zhì)。 in making 制造中,建設(shè)中。 in the making 醞釀中的,在發(fā)展過程中的;未完成的。
Anybody on my position would have made something more of it . 任何人處在我的位置上都會更加重視這件事。
That little show-off sondra tried to make something of him . 那個有點自以為是的小桑德拉想幫他弄出點名堂來。
"change " has a general use and indicates any act of making something different “Change”的用法普遍,表示使某事物改變的任何行為。
When our species wishes to make something beautiful, it first constructs tools . 當(dāng)我們?nèi)祟愊胍圃焓裁疵利悥|西的時候,首要的是制造工具。
"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,不然我倒可以把他訓(xùn)練得像個樣子。”
Sondra finchley tried to make something of him in order to spite me principally, and so getting herself smirched . 桑德拉·芬琪雷,想幫他弄出點名堂來,主要是為了對付我卻弄得自己也身敗名裂。
When i had made something more than a league of way by the help of this current or eddy, i found it was spent and served me no farther . 我靠了這股洄流的推動,繼續(xù)向前走了一海里多,就發(fā)現(xiàn)它的力量已經(jīng)成了強弩之末,再不能有助于我了。
Unless you can make something happen for yourself, 除非你能給自己創(chuàng)造什么機會
-i made something for you .-you did ? what -我給你做了個東西-是么?是什么?