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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- somebody ['s^mbədɪ]
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1.
pronoun
see someone
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1.
pronoun
see someone
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- somebody ['s^mbədɪ]
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1.
pron
some person; someone
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n
a person of greater importance than others
- he seems to be somebody in this town
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1.
pron
some person; someone
Examples
- to bring an action against somebody
- 对某人起诉 → bring
- somebody else
- 别人 → else
- hammer something into somebody
- 竭力告诫；力劝；努力说服某人 → hammer
- to storm somebody with questions
- 猛烈质问某人 → storm
- beat somebody to the draw
- 比某人先拔枪
- beat somebody to the punch
- 比某人先动手
- Somebody called but they didn't give their name.
- 有人打电话来，但是他们没留下姓名。
- Somebody called me from the hospital saying that Carl had a car accident two hours ago.
- 有人从医院给我打电话，说卡尔两个小时前出了车祸。 → accident
- It's totally useless, she never acts upon somebody else's advice.
- 完全没用，她从来不会听取别人的意见。
- His actual words were " I don't need somebody like you"…how dare he?
- 他的原话是“我不需要你这样的人……”他怎么敢这么说？ → actual
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