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somehow or other

/suhm-hou/US // ˈsʌmˌhaʊ //UK // (ˈsʌmˌhaʊ) //

莫名其妙,不知何故,莫名其妙地,不知不觉

Related Words

anyway无论如何,总之,不管怎样,反正anyhow无论如何,不管怎样,总之after a fashion时尚之后,时尚后,顺应潮流,时尚后的anywise任何时候,任何情况下,任何时候都可以,任何情况by hook or crook不择手段,不择手段地,不择手段的,不惜一切代价come what may来日方长,来日无多,来吧one way or another一来二去,某一种方式,一来一往,或多或少somehow or other莫名其妙,不知何故,莫名其妙地,不知不觉

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in some way not specified, apparent, or known.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insomehow
Synonyms
anyway无论如何,总之,不管怎样,反正after a fashion时尚之后,时尚后,顺应潮流,时尚后的anyhow无论如何,不管怎样,总之anywise任何时候,任何情况下,任何时候都可以,任何情况by hook or crook不择手段,不择手段地,不择手段的,不惜一切代价come what may来日方长,来日无多,来吧in one way or another一来二去,或多或少,或多或少地,或多或少的in some such way以此类推,如此这般地,如此这般,某种程度上说in some way在某种程度上,某种程度上,在一定程度上,某种程度上说one way or another一来二去,某一种方式,一来一往,或多或少somehow or another莫名其妙,莫名其妙地,不知何故,莫名其妙的

Examples

  • There is no such thing as speech so hateful or offensive it somehow “justifies” or “legitimizes” the use of violence.

  • Michelle Obama tweeting a hashtag is somehow cause for outrage.

  • The whys the wherefores, I think a lot of that is somehow a link from decoding texts, as they say in graduate school.

  • Somehow, the brevity of the message creates an inverse potential for misunderstanding.

  • Is it somehow jarring to some people that the father who spoke these words is not black but white?

  • This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.

  • All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.

  • The Kangaroo can hop and hop and hop; Somehow he never seems to want to stop.

  • Somehow it made me feel sad to hear it, and a sense of the transitoriness of things came over me.

  • "But I don't see what you can shoot with it," said Davy, feeling that he was somehow getting the worst of the argument.

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