a certain

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha certaina certaina) used to say that an amount is not great You may need to do a certain amount of work in the evenings.to a certain extent/degree (=partly, but not completely) I do agree with his ideas to a certain extent. b) enough of a particular quality to be noticed There’s a certain prestige about going to a private school. c) formal used to talk about someone you do not know but whose name you have been told a certain Mr Franks → certainExamples from the Corpusa certain• The restaurant has a certain charm.• There's a certain Mrs. Myles on the telephone.• A baby was crying, and I felt a certain sympathy for it.

单词	a certain
释义	a certain From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha certaina certaina) used to say that an amount is not great You may need to do a certain amount of work in the evenings.to a certain extent/degree (=partly, but not completely) I do agree with his ideas to a certain extent. b) enough of a particular quality to be noticed There’s a certain prestige about going to a private school. c) formal used to talk about someone you do not know but whose name you have been told a certain Mr Franks → certainExamples from the Corpusa certain• The restaurant has a certain charm.• There's a certain Mrs. Myles on the telephone.• A baby was crying, and I felt a certain sympathy for it.
随便看	set on somebody set on/upon/against (doing) something set out set out set out on a drive etc set out on a journey etc set out on a journey/drive/voyage etc set out on a voyage etc set out to do set out to do something set out with the idea etc of doing set out with the idea/purpose/intention etc of doing something set out with the intention etc of doing set out with the purpose etc of doing set pen to paper set piece set right set right set sail set smile set smile/teeth/jaw set somebody back set somebody back $50/£100 etc set somebody free/loose set somebody something