| 单词 | somewhere |
| 释义 | somewhere (sʌmhweəʳ ) 1. adverb [ADVERB after verb, ADV with be, from ADVERB] A2 You use somewhere to refer to a place without saying exactly where you mean. I've got a feeling I've seen him before somewhere. I'm not going home yet. I have to go somewhere else first. 'Perhaps we can talk somewhere privately,' said Kesler. Somewhere in Ian's room were some of the letters that she had sent him. Don't I know you from somewhere? I needed somewhere to live in London. 2. adverb B2 You use somewhere when giving an approximate amount, number, or time. It was painted somewhere between 1860 and 1875. Caray is somewhere between 73 and 80 years of age. The W.H.O. safety standard for ozone levels is somewhere about a hundred. Somewhere along the line justice is going to be done. 3. be getting somewhere phrase If you say that you are getting somewhere, you mean that you are making progress towards achieving something. At last they were agreeing, at last they were getting somewhere. This time it looks as if we're really going to get somewhere. Idioms: go somewhere under your own steam to make your own arrangements for a journey, rather than letting someone else organize it for you Most hotels organise tours to inland beauty spots, but car hire is cheap enough to consider taking off into the hills under your own steam. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a stone's throw from somewhere very close to a particular place Burke found employment and rented a flat a stone's throw from his new office. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers take somewhere by storm to be very successful or popular in a particular place, and to make a good impression on people there The film has taken America by storm. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 某处 Japanese: どこかに |
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