"his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"
"the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"
"pretty big"
"pretty bad"
"jolly decent of him"
"the shoes are priced reasonably"
"he is fairly clever with computers"
1.有点儿；有些；有几分
You usesomewhat to indicate that something is the case to a limited extent or degree.
somewhat
e.g. He concluded that Oswald wassomewhat abnormal...
他断定奥斯瓦尔德有点不正常。
e.g. He explainedsomewhat unconvincingly that the company was paying for everything...
他解释说公司会支付一切费用，这个说法有点令人不能信服。
1. 有些：另外,有75%的调查者认为他们对购买的商品非常(very)或有些(somewhat)有信心,不论这些商品来自哪里. 有41%的民众对来自中国的商品非常或有些有信心,有7%的人认为非常有信心.
2. 颇为,稍稍,有几分：simultaneously 同时发生地 |somewhat 颇为,稍稍,有几分 | spontaneously自发地自然产生
3. 几分：someways 以某种方法 |somewhat 几分 | somewhere around 大约
见到他我颇感诧异。
The situation has changed somewhat since we last met.自我们上次见面以来情况有些变化。
What happened to them remains somewhat of a mystery.他们到底出了什么事，到现在仍可以说是个谜。
He concluded that Oswald was somewhat abnormal...他断定奥斯瓦尔德有点不正常。
He explained somewhat unconvincingly that the company was paying for everything...他解释说公司会支付一切费用，这个说法有点令人不能信服。
This embarassed me somewhat.这使我有点困窘.
His hearing is somewhat impaired.他的听觉已受到一定程度的损害.
The cake we made was somewhat of a failure.我们做的蛋糕不大成功.
The radiotherapy has taken her down somewhat.放射疗法使她瘦了不少.
Matter is an unknown somewhat.物质是某种不明的东西.
I know somewhat of the matter.我略微知道此事.
After the patient received acupuncture treatment, his spasms eased off somewhat.病人接受针刺治疗后, 痉挛稍微减轻了.
Though the man I introduced to you last night looks somewhat boorish, he is a diamond in the rough.我昨天晚上介绍给你认识的那个人虽然看上去有点没礼貌, 可他是个外粗内秀的人.
This report seems somewhat exaggerated, and should be verified.这个报道有些水分, 需要核实.
The two office buildings are somewhat alike in appearance.这两座办公楼在外形上有点相似.
The prospect for passage of the bill was somewhat cloudy, in view of its evident unconstitutionality.由于这个议案明显地违反了宪法, 它能否得到通过的前景就有点不明显了.
She was somewhat inclined to fat after forty.四十岁以后她有点发胖了.
He was somewhat taken aback by the news that the police intended to arrest him.得知警方要抓他,他有点吃惊.
The whole experience was somewhat humiliating for us.整件事对我们来说有些受辱.
Though the brakes of his bike had somewhat gone wrong, he still shot the works in a desperate effort to win the race.虽然他的自行车刹车有点毛病, 但他仍然为赢得比赛而孤注一掷.
He has a somewhat donnish air about him.他身上有点学究气。
I was somewhat surprised to see him.见到他我颇感诧异。
He faced the press, initially, in a somewhat subdued mood.他最初面对媒体时情绪有点忧郁。
I found her a rather austere, distant, somewhat cold person.我发现她相当严厉，拒人于千里之外，近乎冷漠。
He explained somewhat unconvincingly that the company was paying for everything.他解释说公司会支付一切费用，这个说法有点令人不能信服。
'I believe you know him''u2014'somewhat.'“我相信你认识他。”——“算是吧。”
The timing of the minister's visit, however, could somewhat detract from the goodwill it's supposed to generate.但是，部长访问的时间安排不当，可能会使访问的善意不能得到有效传达。
It's a satire somewhat in the manner of Dickens.这部讽刺作品有点狄更斯的风格。
They shuffled along somewhat reluctantly.他们有些不情愿地拖着脚走着。
I..acknowledge myself somewhat an idle correspondent.
出自：W. WhewellWe were..somewhat isolated.., a Protestant enclave in a Catholic community.
出自：Day LewisThe shock had sobered her somewhat.
出自：R. JaffeThe house..was severely functional, somewhat in the Bauhaus style.
出自：A. J. Ayer
