someone

Word family

some·one1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ S1 W1 pronoun

PERSON/PEOPLEused to mean a person, when you do not know or do not say who the person is 某人，有人 SYN somebody, → anyone, everyone, no one

What would you do if someone tried to rob you in the street?

要是有人在街上抢劫你，你会怎么办？

Will someone please explain what’s going on?

谁能说说是怎么回事？

someone new/different etc

‘When are you planning to hire someone?’ ‘As soon as we find someone suitable.’

“你打算什么时候雇个人？”“等我们找到了合适的人选时。”

Can you ask someone else (=a different person) to help you? I’m really busy.

你能否请别人来帮你？我实在很忙。

Have Brooks or someone fax this to New York right away.

叫布鲁克斯或谁立刻把这个发传真到纽约。

Examples from the Corpus

someone• Could someone please turn on the lights?• Someone was pounding on the door.

or someone• Maybe you could ask a teacher or someone about it.

someone2 noun

be someone IMPORTANTto be or feel important 是个人物；感觉很重要

Gerber was determined to be someone.

格伯一心要出人头地。

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