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单词 someone
释义
  • English
  • American

someonepronoun

uk/ˈsʌm.wʌn/us/ˈsʌm.wʌn/also somebody

A2 used to refer to a single person when you do not know who they are or when it is not important who they are:

There's someone outside the house.
Someone must have seen what happened.
Eventually someone in the audience spoke.
You'll have to ask someone else.
We'll need a software engineer or someone (= a person with skill of or like the stated type) on the project team.
Note:
  • Someone is not usually used in negatives and questions.

More examples

  • I could hear someone crying in the next room.
  • I need someone dependable to look after the children while I'm at work.
  • He was desperate to tell someone his good news.
  • I couldn't find the station, so I asked someone if they could direct me.
  • We could hear someone knocking at the door.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Someone, anyone, no one or everyone

  • across-the-board
  • all and sundry idiom
  • all comers
  • anybody
  • anyone
  • fool
  • man
  • no one
  • nobody
  • one
  • one and all idiom
  • one-size-fits-all
  • people
  • sundry
  • the SBS
  • the whole lot idiom
  • the world and his wife idiom
  • to a man idiom
  • whole
  • world

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someonepronoun

us/ˈsʌmˌwʌn, -wən/

a person:

I’m not interested in someone else’s experience.
I hate cutting the lawn, so I pay someone to do it.
Note:
  • "Anyone" is usually used instead of "someone" in negative sentences and questions.
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