Word · Frequency #53
some
/sʌm/
adverb
大约；差不多
approximately; roughly
- 1.
Of a measurement: approximately, roughly.
(关于度量)大约,大致。
(关于度量)大约,大致。；大约
In use
The meeting lasted some two hours.
Some 200 guests attended the wedding.
She earns some fifty thousand dollars a year.
Connections
Collocations
- some 100 people
- 大约一百人
- Some 100 people showed up at the rally.大约一百人参加了集会。
- some ten minutes
- 大约十分钟
- The walk takes some ten minutes.步行大约需要十分钟。
- some 50 percent
- 约百分之五十
- Prices rose some 50 percent last year.去年物价上涨了约百分之五十。
- some 300 years ago
- 大约三百年前
- The castle was built some 300 years ago.这座城堡大约建于三百年前。
- some 20 miles
- 大约二十英里
- The nearest town is some 20 miles away.最近的城镇大约在二十英里外。
- some five years
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 some 记住为“多少”的模糊版：作副词时是“大约、差不多”，如 some 10 km 就是“大约10公里”。想象有人问“多远？”你答“some 十公里”即可。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式报道、书面表述 some 作副词表示“大约”时，多用于正式或书面语境，通常放在数字前，如 some 30 years；日常口语中更常用 about 或 around。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 some /sɐm/ 真正押韵的是 sum、gum、thumb、dumb（结尾都是 /ɐm/）。拼写上的形近词 home /həʊm/ 和 comb /kəʊm/ 发音不同，注意不要混淆。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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