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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

something ['s^mθɪŋ]
  1. 1. pronoun 某事物
    let's do something nice for your birthday
    咱们好好过过你的生日
    there was obviously something wrong
    显然有些事情不对劲
    something to do
    有事要做
    something else
    其他事情
    would you like a sandwich or something?
    你要来点三明治其他什么东西吗?
    it's something of a mystery
    这是件神秘的事
    they make up something like two-thirds of the population
    他们占了差不多三分之二的人口

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

something [ˈsʌmθɪŋ]
  1. 1. pronoun 某事,某物
  2. 2. pronoun ……多的,……有余
  3. 3. pronoun 类似的事物之类
  4. 4. adverb 有点多少稍微
  5. 5. adverb [Spoken] 非常极其
  6. 6. n.[u] 重要的人;重要的事

Collins English-English Dictionary

something ['s^mθɪŋ]
  1. 1. pron an unspecified or unknown thing; some thing
    he knows something you don't
    take something warm with you
  2. 2. pron an unspecified or unknown amount; bit
    something less than a hundred
  3. 3. pron an impressive or important person, thing, or event
    isn't that something?
  4. 4. adv to some degree; a little; somewhat
    to look something like me
  5. 5. adv [foll by an adjective] [Spoken] (intensifier)
    it hurts something awful

Examples

Something was appeased, and something had died.
有的平息了,有的就此消逝。
Doing something by halves,is to do something partially or incompletely.
做事半途而废,就是做某件事只做一部分,不做完。
A right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away.
权利不是某个人赋予你的东西;而是谁也无法剥夺的东西。
I am about to say something.
我刚要说某事。
There's something behind this news.
这消息背后有文章。
to do something just for effect
只为装门面而做某事

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