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Someplace means somewhere — in or to a place you are not naming, either because you don't know it or because it doesn't matter. 'Let's go someplace quiet.' 'I left my keys someplace in the kitchen.' The meaning is exactly the same as somewhere; what differs is the flavour.
Someplace「someplace」 means somewhere意思就是 somewhere — in or to a place you are not naming指某個你沒說出名字的地方, either because you don't know it不是因為不知道 or because it doesn't matter就是因為不重要。 'Let's go someplace quiet.'「Let's go someplace quiet.(我們去個安靜的地方吧)」 'I left my keys someplace in the kitchen.'「I left my keys someplace in the kitchen.(我把鑰匙放在廚房的某個地方了)」 The meaning這兩句的意思 is exactly the same as somewhere跟 somewhere 完全一樣; what differs is the flavour不一樣的只是語感。
Someplace is American and it is casual — you hear it in conversation and in dialogue in films, and you will hardly ever see it in a formal essay, a report, or a piece of British writing. British speakers understand it perfectly but almost never say it; some of them find it slightly odd.
Someplace「someplace」 is American是美式用法 and it is casual而且是口語的 — you hear it你會 in conversation and in dialogue in films在對話和電影台詞裡聽到它, and you will hardly ever see it而幾乎不會看到它 in a formal essay, a report, or a piece of British writing出現在正式文章、報告,或英式英文的作品裡。 British speakers英國人 understand it perfectly完全聽得懂 but almost never say it但幾乎不會自己說; some of them有些人 find it slightly odd還會覺得有點怪。
So the safe advice for a student is: understand someplace when you hear it, and write somewhere.
So所以 the safe advice for a student對學生來說安全的建議是: understand someplace when you hear it聽到 someplace 的時候看得懂就好, and write somewhere自己寫的時候用 somewhere。
There is one more thing worth noticing. Someplace and somewhere are single words, but 'some place' as two words is ordinary English everywhere: 'there must be some place we can sit down' — there, 'place' is just the noun 'place', and 'some' is describing it. Both are correct; they simply aren't the same construction.
There is one more thing worth noticing還有一件事值得注意。 Someplace and somewhere「someplace」和「somewhere」 are single words都是一個字, but 'some place' as two words但寫成兩個字的「some place」 is ordinary English everywhere在任何地方都是很普通的英文: 'there must be some place we can sit down'「there must be some place we can sit down(一定有某個地方可以讓我們坐下)」 — there在這句裡, 'place' is just the noun 'place'「place」就只是名詞「地方」, and 'some' is describing it而「some」是在形容它。 Both這兩種寫法 are correct都對; they simply aren't the same construction只是不是同一種結構。
The same American pattern gives you , and noplace, all of which are casual in the same way, and all of which have a safer -where twin.
The same American pattern同樣的美式規則 gives you anyplace, everyplace and noplace也給了你 anyplace、everyplace 和 noplace 這幾個字, all of which are casual in the same way這些字一樣都是口語的, and all of which have a safer -where twin而且都各自有一個比較保險的 -where 版本。
組成some「某個」+ place「地方」。跟 someday、somewhere 是同一種造法:some- 加上一個表示時間或地點的字,指一個不說明白的時間或地點。
同家族的字
- somewherethe same meaning, the neutral and more widely used twin
- anyplacesame American -place pattern, twin of anywhere
- everyplacesame pattern, twin of everywhere
- noplacesame pattern, twin of nowhere
- somedaysame some- + noun pattern, but about time
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
someplaceadv/ˈsʌmˌpleɪs/
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informalSomewhere.
- We can't find the damned thing, but it must be someplace.
someplacenoun/ˈsʌmˌpleɪs/
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An unspecified location.
- And there is a reason for going to Israel: to find a someplace.
- Thus, "placing readers at the forefront of utopian studies will [...] help us to understand more fully and accurately what the noplaces of Utopia have done, do, and will do to the someplaces of our world" (Roemer 154).
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。