您好,some 这个英语单词作“修饰词”时,在句中作“定语”,可以修饰“可数名词”,也可以修饰“不可数名词”。
在修饰“可数名词”时,需要区分单复数用法,因为修饰“可数名词单数”、“可数名词复数”和“不可数名词”时,翻译是不一样的。
1)修饰“可数名词(单数)”时,译为【某个】;
可以用“an unknown”或“an unspecified”或“one”替代,比如:
There must be some mistake.
≈ There must be an unknown mistake.
≈ There must be an unspecified mistake.
≈ There must be one mistake.
(这肯定有某种错误。)【mistake 为可数名词单数】
Some boy is always talking in my class.
≈ One boy is always talking in my class.
≈ An unspecified boy is always talking in my class.
(我的班上总是有个男孩在说话。)【boy 为可数名词单数】
2)修饰“可数名词(复数)”时,译为【若干;一些】;
可以用“a few”替代,比如:
He played some records for me.
≈ He played a few records for me.
(他放了几张唱片给我听。)【records 为可数名词复数】
I have known you for some years now.
≈ I have known you for a few years now.
(到现在我认识你有好多年了。)【years 为可数名词复数】
Some boys are always talking in my class.
≈ A few boys are always talking in my class.
(我的班上总是有几个男孩在说话。)【boys 为可数名词复数】
3)修饰“不可数名词”时,译为【一些;一点】;
可以用“a little”替代,比如:
I made some money running errands.
≈ I made a little money running errands.
(我给人跑腿赚点钱。)【money 为不可数名词】
需要注意的是,当句中的 some 在口语中是“重读”时,也就是使用了强调语气时,some 就有着不同的用法。比如:
4)修饰“可数名词单数”时,译为【了不起的;很不错的】;
可以用“a great”替代。比如:
That was some goal.【some goal 重读】
≈ That was a great goal!
(那是次很不错的射门。)
5)修饰“不可数名词”时,译为【大量地;可观的】;
可以用“a lot of”替代。比如:
He went to some trouble to help you.【some trouble 重读】
≈ He went to a lot of trouble to help you!
(他不厌其烦地帮助你。)
That's some money you've made over the weekend.【some money 重读】
≈ That's a lot of money you've made over the weekend!
(这个周末你赚到的不少钱。)
下面的表格可以帮助您理解 some 的用法:
some和any既可以修饰可数名词,又可以修饰不可数名词。some常用在肯定句中,而any则常用在否定和疑问句中。因此some和any的用法主要是考虑用在肯定句、疑问句还是否定句中,与名词的可数与否无关。some和any的用法如下:
1、一般而言some常用在肯定句中,意思是“几个”、“一些”、“某个”,作定语时可修饰可数名词或不可数名词。
例如:I have some work to do today.
翻译:今天我有些事情要做。
2、而any则常用在否定句和疑问句中,意思是“任何一些”、“任何一个”,作定语时可修饰可数或不可数名词。
例如:They didn’t have any friends here.
翻译:他们在这里没有朋友。
扩展资料:
some和any的用法例外:
1、any可以用在肯定的条件从句中。
例如:If there is any mistake, please let me know.
翻译:如果有什么错误,请告诉我。
2、some用于表请求的疑问句中表示希望得到对方肯定地回答,进而显得请求很诚恳。
例如:Would you like some tea?
翻译:你想要茶吗?