some

• adj. 一些；某个；大约；相当多的
• pron. 一些；若干；其中的一部分；（数量不确切时用）有些人
• adv. 非常；相当；稍微

中文词源

来自中古英语 some,来自古英语 sum,一些，来自 Proto-Germanic*sumaz,一些，来自 PIE*sem, 一，一起，词源同 same,assemble.

英文词源

some

some: [OE] Some goes back ultimately to Indo- European *smmos, which passed into prehistoric Germanic as *sumaz. This has now died out in most Germanic languages other than English, although a few derivatives survive, such as Dutch sommige ‘some’. The Indo-European form also produced Greek hamos ‘somehow’ and Sanskrit samás ‘some, every’, and variants of the base from which it came have also given English same, seem, similar, and simple.
=> same, seem, similar, simple

some (adj.)

Old English sum "some, a, a certain one, something, a certain quantity; a certain number;" with numerals "out of" (as in sum feowra "one of four"); from Proto-Germanic *suma- (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German sum, Old Norse sumr, Gothic sums), from PIE *smm-o-, suffixed form of root *sem- (1) "one," also "as one" (adv.), "together with" (see same). For substitution of -o- for -u-, see come.

The word has had greater currency in English than in the other Teutonic languages, in some of which it is now restricted to dialect use, or represented only by derivatives or compounds .... [OED]

As a pronoun from c. 1100; as an adverb from late 13c. Meaning "remarkable" is attested from 1808, American English colloquial. A possessive form is attested from 1560s, but always was rare. Many combination forms (somewhat, sometime, somewhere) were in Middle English but often written as two words till 17-19c. Somewhen is rare and since 19c. used almost exclusively in combination with the more common compounds; somewho "someone" is attested from late 14c. but did not endure. Scott (1816) has somegate "somewhere, in some way, somehow," and somekins "some kind of a" is recorded from c. 1200. Get some "have sexual intercourse" is attested 1899 in a quote attributed to Abe Lincoln from c. 1840.

双语例句

1. Some battles you win, some battles you lose.

胜败乃兵家常事。

来自美剧《生活大爆炸》

2. Some companies are cutting costs and hoping for the best.

有些公司在削减成本，希望一切好转。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He was carrying on about some stupid television series.

他喋喋不休地说着某个无聊的电视连续剧。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The commander and some of the men had been released.

指挥官和一些士兵已经获释。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Mark had for some time been making advances towards her.

马克追她已经有一段时间了。

来自柯林斯例句