someone
pronoun
uk/ˈsʌm.wʌn/us/ˈsʌm.wʌn/(alsosomebody)A2
used to refer to asinglepersonwhen you do notknowwho they are or when it is notimportantwho they are:
某人There's someoneoutsidethehouse.屋子外面有人。
Someone must haveseenwhathappened.肯定有人看见了所发生的一切。
Eventually someone in theaudiencespoke.观众里终于有人开口说话了。
You'll have toasksomeoneelse.你得问问别人。
We'll need asoftwareengineerorsomeone(= apersonwithskillof or like thestatedtype)on theprojectteam.我们的项目组中需要有个软件工程师之类的人。
Note:
- Someone is not usually used in negatives and questions.
- I couldhearsomeonecryingin the nextroom.
- I need someonedependabletolookafter thechildrenwhile I'm atwork.
- He wasdesperatetotellsomeone his goodnews.
- I couldn'tfindthestation, so Iaskedsomeone if they coulddirectme.
- We couldhearsomeoneknockingat thedoor.
Someone, anyone, no one or everyone
- across-the-board
- all and sundryidiom
- all comers
- anybody
- anyone
- man
- no one
- nobody
- non-universal
- one and allidiom
- one-size-fits-all
- pan
- people
- sundry
- to a manidiom
- Tom, Dick, and Harry
- universal
- universality
- whole
- world
Grammar
Someone,somebody,something,somewhere
Someone, somebody, something, somewhere are indefinite pronouns. They function in a similar way to some. We use them in affirmative clauses and in questions expecting a particular answer. We can use them to refer to both general and specific people or things. We use them with a singular verb:…