somebody

somebody 主要表示“某个人、有人”，也可作名词指“有身份或影响力的人、人物”。

💡 记忆钩子

把 somebody 想成“某一个人”：先是不特指的“有人、某个人”，再把这个人单独拎出来，就可以表示“一个人物、重要人物”，常与 nobody 形成对比。

📝 学习建议

先掌握代词用法“有人、某个人”，这是日常英语中最常见的用法。
不要把 somebody 一律理解成“名人”；只有作名词、尤其和 nobody 对比时，才常表示“有身份的人、重要人物”。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 某个人

📖 作名词时，它可以把“某一个人”当作一个人来看待，重点不在这个人的具体身份，而在“有这么一个人”。

💡 常见于 somebody or a combination of somebodys 这类结构，也可用在强调某人参与了某事的语境中。它比普通的“人”更强调“某一个人”，但不适合在所有正式场合替代表示人的普通名词。不要因为形式上像普通名词，就随意把它当作泛指“人们”的复数形式。

Somebody or a combination of somebodys made this mistake.

这个错误是某个人或几个人一起造成的。
common 重要人物

📖 这里的“某一个人”被突出出来，表示一个有名望、地位或影响力的人，常和 nobody“无足轻重的人”对比。

💡 常见结构是 be a somebody、become a somebody 和 want to be a somebody。这个用法通常是非正式的，有时带有说话人的自嘲、羡慕或讽刺意味。不要在正式文章中把它当作中性的“名人”或“重要官员”来使用。

She moved to the capital hoping to become a somebody.

她搬到首都，希望成为一个有头有脸的人物。

somebodies plural somebodys plural

pron

core 有人；某个人

📖 它指某个身份没有说明的人，相当于“有人”或“某个人”；说话人知道或只关心有这么一个人，但不指出是谁。

💡 常见句型是 Somebody + 动作，或 Somebody has to + 动词，表示某人做了某事或必须有人做某事。它通常放在肯定句中，并按单数处理；不要把它误当成“某些人”或和复数动词搭配。若上下文已经明确是谁，通常直接使用具体的人称代词会更自然。

Somebody has to clean up this mess.

得有人把这个烂摊子收拾干净。

Somebody left a message for you.

有人给你留了言。

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 1 组

a human being

同义词集: person individual someone somebody mortal soul

there was too much for one person to do

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🌳 词源

源自中古英语 sum body，相当于“某个”加“人”。

From Middle English sum body, equivalent to some + body.

🔄 变式

somebodies plural somebodys plural

🏷 单词标签 & 词根