核心问题
Kale is a vegetable like cabbage, with , curly leaves instead of a head. (TOEFL)
我知道这道判错题中错误为 A(some 应改为 something)。但我却不能理解 something like 在这里做什么句法成分。
词典解答
上面的 something like...(类似于……的,有点像……的)可以看作是形容词短语,充当 a vegetable 的定语。此外 something like... 还可用作状语。
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The airship was shaped something like a cigar. (ALD) 那艘飞船的外形颇像一支雪茄。
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The building looked something like a church. (LDCE) 这个建筑物看起来有点像教堂。
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Something like ninety per cent of the crop was destroyed. (CEED) 大约90%的谷物遭到毁坏。
something like 在口语里还作“极好的”“了不起的”“名副其实的”解,用以表示满意的口气。例如:
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That's something like a tea. 这才是真正的茶点。
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Dickens was something like an author. 狄更斯是一位了不起的作家。