And this younger man in October of his freshman year said something like the following.

这个十月份刚来的大新生说了跟如下相近的话。

For me, something like champagne is perfect.

对我来说，香槟就很完美。

Yeah, but whereas something like The Happy Prince just carried me along with it, The Lord of the Rings took more effort than I was prepared to give it.

是的，像《快乐王子》对我而言就非常引人入胜，而读《魔戒》却是件非常需要努力的事情。

In many business emails, you'll follow the greeting with something like: " I hope you're well." or " How are you? "

“希望都好。”或者“好啊。”

" Oxford, New Mexico, " snorted Tom contemptuously, " or something like that."

" 新墨西哥州的牛津镇，" 汤姆嗤之以鼻地说，" 或者类似的地方。"

Many air conditioners work something like this.

很多空调制商都在制产下面这样的产品。

So my dream is something like this.

我的梦想是这样的。

How can you call something like this harmless?

怎么能说没关系呢？

Americans also use the saying cuts both ways for something like a double-edged sword.

美国人还会用cuts both ways这说法表达事物各有利弊。

It was something like being caught in a hailstorm of owls, to tell the truth.

说句实话，当时猫头鹰接二连三地飞来，就好像下了场冰雹。

Like I'm scheming or plotting or something like that.

好像我在策划什么似的。

" There is no playbook for something like this, " Clinksdale said.

“像这种事情是没有剧本的。”

You might read something like this, " All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies." Then you're told to collect your millions.

可能会收到这样句话：“所有参与者都通过计算机抽奖系统在全球网站上随机选择，并从超过10万人中抽取。”然后通知领取自己的百万奖金。

They'll probably start you as a receptionist, or something like that.

他们可能刚开始会让做接待员，或者是类似的工作。

We talked about the weather- something like that, how the rain hadn't let up.

我们谈了下天气之类的事——雨直不停什么的。

Lentils and haricots are not merely insipid; frequent use of them causes something like nausea.

小扁豆和扁豆不仅乏味； 经常使用它们会导致恶心。

It can be used for instance to a workaholic, or for anybody obsessed with something like a television programme, always watching a particular soap, shall we say.

例如，可以跟个工作狂或者那种痴迷于看电视的总是看肥皂剧的人说这话。

And when we do, we'll write the next great chapter in the history of the United States of America, the American story, a story that might sound something like a song that means a lot to me.

当我们这样做时，我们将写出美国历史上的下个伟大篇章，即美国故事，这个故事听起来像是首对我意义重大的歌曲。

There is something like magic in your face.

的脸上有种魔力。

And as scientists, we naturally come together to do something like this.

作为科家，我们自然会聚在起做这样的事情。