Word
so-and-so
/ˈsəu, ən(d)səu/
noun
某某人, 某某事
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- 1.
A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing.
用于人或物的占位符名称,当名字未知时使用；一个普通的人或物。
- 2.
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
被视为卑鄙或可鄙的人
用于人或物的占位符名称,当名字未知时使用；一个普通的人或物。；被视为卑鄙或可鄙的人；某某人；某某事
In use
I don't want to work with that so-and-so ever again; he took all the credit.
She called him a lazy so-and-so after he failed to meet the deadline.
Those so-and-sos in accounting always find a way to delay payments.
be a so-and-so
非正式，含贬义，指令人讨厌或鄙视的人。
He's a real so-and-so for saying that.
他说那种话，真是个卑鄙的家伙。
that so-and-so
I can't believe that so-and-so took my parking spot.
我真不敢相信那个家伙占了我的停车位。
so-and-so's + noun
so-and-so's 是所有格形式，后接名词。
Connections
Learner notes
Grammar Note
常用单数，指代不愿指名的人
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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