someone

/ˈsʌmwʌn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsʌmwʌn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsəm-(ˌ)wən/ (ame, mw)

someone — 代名詞

1. a pronoun referring to a person the speaker cannot identify or chooses not to id

1.代名詞A1
釋義

某人

不確指或不必指明的某一個人

a pronoun referring to a person the speaker cannot identify or chooses not to identify

例句

Ritu saw someone standing outside the library, but she could not tell who it was.

Ritu 看到圖書館外面站著一個人，但她看不出那是誰。

someone + present participle for observed action

Could you ask someone to help us carry these boxes upstairs?

你能找個人幫我們把這些箱子搬到樓上嗎？

ask someone + to-infinitive

同義詞
  • somebody

    fully interchangeable with 'someone'; slightly more informal and more common in spoken English

反義詞
  • no one

    the negative counterpart — zero people instead of an unspecified one

  • nobody

    same meaning as 'no one', interchangeable in most contexts

文法句型

someone + singular verb

refer back with they/them/their

用法筆記

Frequently referred back with singular they: 'If someone calls, tell them to wait.' While grammatically singular, the gender-neutral plural pronoun is standard in modern English for an unknown person. In formal writing, 'someone' + 'he or she' is possible but can feel stiff.

常見錯誤

❌Someone are waiting for you.
✅Someone is waiting for you.
💡'Someone' always takes a singular verb, even though we often use 'they' to refer back to it.
❌I saw someone in the park. I think he was lost.' (when gender is unknown)
✅I saw someone in the park. I think they were lost.
💡Use singular 'they' for a person of unknown gender.