不定代词something,anything及nothing特殊用法归纳

不定代词

something, anything

及

nothing

特殊用法归纳

福建省连城县职业中专

邓家辉

一

.

something

1.

something

不简单的事

,< /p>

可观的成绩

,

有些地位的人

At least we didn

’t lose any money. That’s something.

It’s something to have got $$500 from them.

She thinks she’s something since she won the beauty c

ontest.

2.

用于成语或词组

:

have something on

拿着某人的把柄

Although Miss Brown is not a good worker, her boss not fire her because she

has something on him.

make something of

1)

小题大做

,

瞎猜测

When girls see another girl with a boy, they often try to make something of it.

2)

藉…吵架

/

生气

A

nn didn’t like what Mary said about her. She tried to make something of what

Mary said.

3)

看懂意思

I apologize for the untidiness of my letter , but I hope you can make something

of it .

make something of oneself/ one’s life

取得成功

,

有出息

He’s a clever boy

---I hop

e he’ll make something of himself.

or something

…

之类的人（东西、情况等）

Mr Green is a shopkeeper or something.

I hear he has broken an arm or something.

see something of someone

有时见到某人

I hope we’ll

see something of you now that you live nearby.

something for nothing

不冒风险（不下功夫）就有收获

Some people will never learn that you can’t get something for nothing.

something like

1)

大约，约摸

It cost something like ten pounds.

2)

有点像

The building looked something like a church.

something like that/ this

大致如此

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I see them once every two months, or something like that.

I’ll whistle the tune for you; it goes something like this.

something of

有点…，可说是一个，在某种程度上是

He’s something of a liar, don’t you think?

The soldier found himself something of a hero when he returned to his village.

something tells me

我想／感到，我有理由相信

Something tells me my watch isn’t quite right.

Something tells me she’s lying.

something to/ in

（话里）有些道理

There is something to / in what you say: I’ll take your advice.

have/ be something to do with

和…有关

/

联系

I think Guy Fawkes is/ has something to do with a plan to blow up Parliament.

二、

anything

用于成语：

be anything but

根本不是，一点也不

I

don’t mean he’s lazy

---anything but!

He was anything but a hero/ polite.

他根本不是英雄

/

他一点也礼貌。

be (as)…as anything

[

口语< /p>

]

…不得了

I

t’s (as) easy as anything

.

if anything

如果有什么不同的话

If anything, my new job is harder than my old one.

like anything

拼命地

The thief ran

like anything

when he saw the policeman.

or anything

或是其他别的事

If Bernard wants to call me or anything, I’ll be here all day.

三、

nothing

用于成语：

be nothing to

1)

不引起…的兴趣，对…无所谓

相当于

mean nothing to

The news is/ means nothing to him.

他对这消息 不感兴趣

/

无所谓。

2

）无法和…相比

My losses are nothing to yours.

come to nothing

失败，没有结果

All his schemes came to nothing.

for nothing

1)

免费，不花代价，没花钱

They will repair the building for the old man for nothing.

I got this bicycle for nothing: a friend gave it to me.

2)

白白地，白费

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