something pron. 1.某物,某事。 2.若干,几分;某类事物〔表示的是模糊的概念〕。 3.实有物 (opp. nothing)。 4.重要事物;要人,名人,有出息的人。 5.〔口语〕喝的,吃的。 There is something in him. 他这个人是有些道理的。 Here is something for you. 送你一点东西。 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. 弄到那个地步,挺什么(了不起)的了。 You've got something there. 〔口语〕你的话有点道理;那是一个好主意。 take [have] a drop of something 喝一点(酒)。 S- is better than nothing. 聊胜于无。 He is [has] something in the Customs. 他在海关里有一个差事[有点地位]。 He lost his train or (did) something. 他也许没赶上火车或是什么的啦。 I caught the five something train. 我赶上五点多的火车。 Theory is something, but practice is everything. 理论虽重要,实践更重要。 be something of a [an] ...有一点…,有些像…的地方 (I am something of a musician. 我有一点点音乐知识)。 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 通百艺而专一长。 make something of 将…训练成相当的人物;利用…。 or something 大概是…之类的 (He is a scientist or something. 他大概是科学家之类的人物。 She's got a cold or something. 她大概是受了凉)。 see something of (him) 和(他)有些来往;有点认识(他)。 something damp 〔俚语〕酒。 something for nothing 不费劲得到的好处;轻易得来的利益。 something good 好东西;赛马的内幕消息。 something of 在某种意义(或程度)上。 something of the kind 类似的事物。 something on the hip 〔美俚〕酒。 something short 〔俚语〕酒。 something to write home about 值得大书特书的事情。 something tells me 〔口语〕我认为… (S- tells me my watch isn't quite right. 我觉得我的手表走得不准)。 think something of oneself 自以为了不起,自命不凡。 adv. 〔古语〕几分,有点,多少,相当。 something like 〔口语〕大约,约;有几分像…的,有点像…的;〔口语〕了不起的,极好的,伟大的 (It must be something like six o'clock. 现在一定是六点钟模样了。 That's something like ! 〔口语〕那倒是极好的东西!)。 n.,adj.,vt. 〔委婉语〕=hell, devilish, damn. What the something are you doing here 你究竟在这儿干什么? You something villain! 你这大坏蛋! I'll see you somethinged first! 该死的东西!
something of 有几分; 在某种程度(意义)上; 在某种意义(或程度)上; 在某种意义上, 在某种程度上
making n. 1.制作(物),制造(物),生产;一次制造量;发展[发达]过程;成功的原因[手段];组织;〔常 pl.〕原料,材料。 2.〔口语〕 〔pl.〕利益,赚头,所得。 3.〔pl.〕素质,要素。 4.〔pl.〕〔美口〕(自卷自抽的)卷烟材料[纸和烟]。 5. (煤矿中挖出来的)粉煤。 the makings of a good garden 一个美好的花园的条件。 be the making of 成为…的基础,保证…的成功 (His failure has been the making of him. 他的失败成了他成功的原因)。 have the makings of 具有…的素质。 in making 制造中,建设中。 in the making 酝酿中的,在发展过程中的;未完成的。
Anybody on my position would have made something more of it . 任何人处在我的位置上都会更加重视这件事。
That little show-off sondra tried to make something of him . 那个有点自以为是的小桑德拉想帮他弄出点名堂来。
"change " has a general use and indicates any act of making something different “Change”的用法普遍,表示使某事物改变的任何行为。
When our species wishes to make something beautiful, it first constructs tools . 当我们人类想要制造什么美丽东西的时候,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,不然我倒可以把他训练得像个样子。”
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,想帮他弄出点名堂来,主要是为了对付我却弄得自己也身败名裂。
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 . 我靠了这股洄流的推动,继续向前走了一海里多,就发现它的力量已经成了强弩之末,再不能有助于我了。
Unless you can make something happen for yourself, 除非你能给自己创造什么机会
-i made something for you .-you did ? what -我给你做了个东西-是么?是什么?