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[ADV-INDEF 不定副词]某个地方;某处 You use
somewhere to refer to a place without saying exactly where you mean.
I've got a feeling I've seen him before somewhere...
我有种感觉——我以前曾在哪里见过他。
I'm not going home yet. I have to go somewhere else first...
我还不准备回家,我要先去别的地方。
'Perhaps we can talk somewhere privately,' said Kesler...
“也许我们可以找个地方私下谈谈,”凯斯勒说道。
Somewhere in Ian's room were some of the letters that she had sent him...
在伊恩房间里的某个地方,有她写给他的一部分信件。
Don't I know you from somewhere?...
我不是在什么地方跟你打过照面吧?
I needed somewhere to live in London.
我需要在伦敦有个住的地方。
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[ADV-INDEF 不定副词](数量、数目、时间等)大约 You use
somewhere when giving an approximate amount, number, or time.
The Queen is believed to earn somewhere between seven million and one hundred million pounds...
据说女王的收入大约在 700 万至 1 亿英镑之间。
Caray is somewhere between 73 and 80 years of age...
卡瑞的年纪在 73 到 80 岁之间。
The W.H.O. safety standard for ozone levels is somewhere about a hundred...
世界卫生组织关于臭氧层的安全标准约为 100。
He's American-bred, with a sort of Irish background somewhere along the line.
他出生在美国,家族的血统里有一部分爱尔兰血统。
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[PHRASE 短语]取得一些进展 If you say that you
are getting somewhere, you mean that you are making progress towards achieving something.
At last they were agreeing, at last they were getting somewhere...
他们最终逐渐达成共识,终于取得了一些进展。
This time it looks as if we're really going to get somewhere.
这一次,我们似乎真的要取得进展了。
Usage Note :
You use not anywhere instead of somewhere in negative sentences. He isn't going anywhere.
否定句中用 not anywhere,不用somewhere,例如 He isn't going anywhere (他哪里也不去)。