somewhat

英 [ˈsʌmwɒt]

美 [ˈsʌmwʌt]

adv.  有点; 有几分; 稍微

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1966 / COCA.1897

牛津词典

adv.

• 有点；有几分；稍微
  to some degree
  1. I was somewhat surprised to see him.
     见到他我颇感诧异。
  2. The situation has changed somewhat since we last met.
     自我们上次见面以来情况有些变化。
  3. What happened to them remains somewhat of a mystery.
     他们到底出了什么事，到现在仍可以说是个谜。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 有点儿；有些；有几分
  You usesomewhatto indicate that something is the case to a limited extent or degree.
  1. He concluded that Oswald was somewhat abnormal...
     他断定奥斯瓦尔德有点不正常。
  2. He explained somewhat unconvincingly that the company was paying for everything...
     他解释说公司会支付一切费用，这个说法有点令人不能信服。
  3. Although his relationship with his mother had improved somewhat, he was still depressed...
     尽管和母亲的关系有所改观，他仍然十分消沉。
  4. 'I believe you know him'—'Somewhat.'
     “我相信你认识他。”——“算是吧。”

英英释义

adv

• to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
  1. pretty big
  2. pretty bad
  3. jolly decent of him
  4. the shoes are priced reasonably
  5. he is fairly clever with computers
  Synonym:reasonablymoderatelyprettyjollyfairlymiddlingpassably
• to a small degree or extent
  1. his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
  2. the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
  Synonym:slightlymore or less

双语例句

• Her manner offstage, like her manner on, is somewhat surly.
  她台下和台上的举止如出一辙，都有些粗暴无礼。
• Charles's letter was indeed published, albeit in a somewhat abbreviated form.
  尽管有所删节，查尔斯的信确实被刊登出来了。
• This embarassed me somewhat.
  这使我有点困窘。
• Rules governing student conduct relaxed somewhat in recent years
  近年来约束学生行为的规定有所放宽。
• Although his relationship with his mother had improved somewhat, he was still depressed
  尽管和母亲的关系有所改观，他仍然十分消沉。
• He explained somewhat unconvincingly that the company was paying for everything
  他解释说公司会支付一切费用，这个说法有点令人不能信服。
• We drove through a somewhat moth-eaten deer park
  我们驾车穿过有些破旧的鹿苑。
• She was somewhat inclined to fat after forty.
  四十岁以后她有点发胖了。
• I'm somewhat daunted by the size of the task.
  我有点儿被这项任务的规模吓着了。
• His analysis was rooted in a somewhat tendentious reading of French history.
  他的分析源于对法国历史带有一定偏见的解读。