something、anything和nothing特殊用法归纳

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1、ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ，ａｎｙｔｈｉｎｇ及ｎｏｔｈｉｎｇ特殊用法归纳作者:李生辉　　众所周知，英语中something常用于肯定句中，anything常用于否定句中，nothing表否定。但在高考阅读中遇到含有这些词的一些句子时，学生们常感到莫名其妙，难以理解。如：　　1.Youmightthinkthat“globalwarming”meansnothingmorethanariseintheworld’stemperature.(2005D篇)　　2.Afterall,Ed’sideaofexercisehasalwaysbeennothingmoreeffort-mak

2、ingthanliftingaforktohismouth.(2003完形填空)　　3.AndIhadanuneasyfeelinghehadsomethingthere.(2002完形填空)　　本文拟就这些词的特别用法加以总结，相信会对大家有所裨益。　　　　一、something　　　　1.表示“不简单的事；可观的成绩；有些地位的人”。例如：　　Shethinksshe’ssomethingsinceshewonthebeautycontest.(有些地位的人)　　Wemustbelievethateachofusisabletodosomethingwell,andt

3、hat,whenwediscoverwhatthissomethingis,wemustworkuntilwesucceed.(不简单的事)　　2.用于一些动词短语中:　　1)havesomethingon拿着某人的把柄。例如：　　AlthoughMissBrownisnotagoodworker,herbossdoesnotfireherbecauseshehassomethingonhim.　　2)makesomethingof小题大做；瞎猜测；凭……吵架/生气；看懂意思。例如：　　Whengirlsseeanothergirlwithaboy,theyoftentr

4、ytomakesomethingofit.　　Anndidn’tlikewhatMarysaidabouther.ShetriedtomakesomethingofwhatMarysaid.　　Iapologizefortheuntidinessofmyletter,butIhopeyoucanmakesomethingofit.　　3)makesomethingofoneself/one’slife取得成功,有出息。例如：　　He’sacleverboy——Ihopehe’llmakesomethingofhimself.　　4)seesomethingofsomeon

5、e有时见到某人。例如：　　Ihopewe’llseesomethingofyounowthatyoulivenearby.　　5)somethingtellsme我想/感到；我有理由相信。例如：　　Somethingtellsmemywatchisn’tquiteright.　　Somethingtellsmeshe’slying.　　6)have/besomethingtodowith和……有关/联系。例如：　　IthinkGuyFawkesis/hassomethingtodowithaplantoblowupParliament.　　3.其它固定短语　　1)orso

6、mething……之类的人（东西、情况等）。例如：　　Mr.Greenisashopkeeperorsomething.Ihearhehasbrokenanarmorsomething.　　InthemorningmystudentsalwaysreadEnglishorsomething.　　2)somethingfornothing不冒风险（不下功夫）就有收获。例如：　　Somepeoplewillneverlearnthatyoucan’tgetsomethingfornothing.　　3)somethinglike大约,约摸；有点像。例如：　　Itcostsom

7、ethingliketenpounds.　　Thebuildinglookedsomethinglikeachurch.　　4)something/anythinglike(=inanyway;similarly)相似的；大致如此。例如：　　Iseethemonceeverytwomonths,orsomethinglikethat.　　I’llwhistlethetuneforyou;itgoessomethinglikethis.　　Heisn’tanythinglikemyfirstboss.　　5)somethingo