somebody /'SAmbsdi; 'SArri/badi/ someone /SAmwAn; 'SAtnWAn/ pron 1 (replaced by anybody in interr, neg, etc sentences) some person: 某人(在否定句，問句等中用 anybody 代替)： There's ~ at the door. 門口有一個人。 Is there anyone at home? 家里有人嗎? That must be ~ from the Department of Education. 那一定是教育部某人士。 2 (often with the indef art; also in the pl) a person of some importance: (常與不定冠詞連用; 并有復(fù)數(shù)形)更要人物; 有分置的人： If you had studied harder at college you might have become (a) ~. 你當(dāng)初上大學(xué)時如果多用點(diǎn)功，說不定已經(jīng)變成重要人物 To He's nobody here in town but I suppose he's a ~ in his own village. 他在這城里默默無聞，不過我想在他村子里他是一位頗有分量的人物。