somewhat

英 [ˈsʌmwɒt]

美 [ˈsʌmwʌt]

adv.  有点; 有几分; 稍微

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1966 / COCA.1897

牛津词典

adv.

• 有点；有几分；稍微
  to some degree
  1. I was somewhat surprised to see him.
     见到他我颇感诧异。
  2. The situation has changed somewhat since we last met.
     自我们上次见面以来情况有些变化。
  3. What happened to them remains somewhat of a mystery.
     他们到底出了什么事，到现在仍可以说是个谜。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 有点儿；有些；有几分
  You usesomewhatto indicate that something is the case to a limited extent or degree.
  1. He concluded that Oswald was somewhat abnormal...
     他断定奥斯瓦尔德有点不正常。
  2. He explained somewhat unconvincingly that the company was paying for everything...
     他解释说公司会支付一切费用，这个说法有点令人不能信服。
  3. Although his relationship with his mother had improved somewhat, he was still depressed...
     尽管和母亲的关系有所改观，他仍然十分消沉。
  4. 'I believe you know him'—'Somewhat.'
     “我相信你认识他。”——“算是吧。”

英英释义

adv

• to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
  1. pretty big
  2. pretty bad
  3. jolly decent of him
  4. the shoes are priced reasonably
  5. he is fairly clever with computers
  Synonym:reasonablymoderatelyprettyjollyfairlymiddlingpassably
• to a small degree or extent
  1. his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
  2. the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
  Synonym:slightlymore or less

双语例句

• It has been a somewhat fraught day.
  这是让人有些担忧的一天。
• Research in this area is somewhat equivocal
  这个领域的研究有点难以理解。
• This embarassed me somewhat.
  这使我有点困窘。
• American analysts have been somewhat cautious in estimating the size of the B2B market.
  美国分析师在估计公司对公司业务市场大小时略显谨慎。
• I know somewhat of the matter.
  我略微知道此事。
• Rules governing student conduct relaxed somewhat in recent years
  近年来约束学生行为的规定有所放宽。
• I found her a rather austere, distant, somewhat cold person.
  我发现她相当严厉，拒人于千里之外，近乎冷漠。
• His jokes were somewhat farfetched.
  他的笑话有些牵强附会。
• The daughter of a railway engineer, she at first had a somewhat nomadic childhood.
  作为一个铁路工程师的女儿，她最初的童年生活有些漂泊不定。
• She was somewhat unapproachable but I'm sure she wanted to be friendly.
  她有些不好接近，但我确信她想表现得友好一些。