something“某事,某物”,常用于肯定句中,用于句型”would you like something to do?”中,表示希望得到对方肯定的回答;
anything“任何事物”,用于肯定句,疑问句和否定句中;
nothing“什么也没有”;
everything“一切事物”,可用于任何句式。
注意,修饰something,anything的形容词必须放在它们的后面,做后置定语。
There is something or somebody near us.(作主语)
Do you have anything to say about this question?
_No,I don''t have anything to say.(或I have nothing to say.)
(Yse,I have something to say.)(作宾语)
Can you hear anything?
Did anybody live on this island?
Would you like something to eat?
something通常用于肯定句,anything通常用于否定句或疑问句。
例如:
There is something in the box. (肯定句)
There isn’t anything in the box. (否定句)
Is there anything in the box? (疑问句)
Nothing 在意义上等于 not anything。
例如: I know nothing about it. (=I don’t know anything about it )我对此事一无所知。
everything :
1.一切事物;每样事物:
This shop sells everything needed for camping. 这家商店出售一切露营用具。
Tell me everything about it. 告诉我这件事情的始末。
2. 最重要的事;
Money is everything to him.金钱对他比什么都重要。
She`s beautiful,I gree,but beauty is not everything.我同意她是美丽的,但美并不是最重要的。
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这四个单词后面跟谓语动词时,都用动词的第三人称单数表示。
anything一般用于否定句和疑问句中;something则用在肯定句中。
everything以单数形式表达所有的概念;nothing则表示什么都没有。
如:
Is thereanything left? There is nothing left.(还有东西剩吗?没有东西剩下来。)
Nothing is wrong with that plan.(那计划没有一点问题。)
Everything is all right.(一切都好。)
There is something wrong with that plan.(那计划有点问题。)