☆some 后接可数名词或不可数名词。
You use some to refer to a quantity of something or to a number of people or things, when you are not stating the quantity or number precisely. 一些
当你没有准确地陈述数量或数字时,你可以用some来指代某物的数量或一些人或事物。
例1:
Robin opened some champagne.
罗宾打开了一些香槟酒。
例2:
He went to fetch some books.
他去取来了一些书。
☆several 后接可数名词
Several is used to refer to a number of people or things that is not large but is greater than two. 几; 一些
several用来指数量不大但大于2的人或物的数量。
例1:
I had lived two doors away from this family for several years.
我与相隔两户的这家人做了几年的邻居。
例2:
Several blue plastic boxes under the window were filled with CDs.
窗子下面的几个蓝色塑料盒子里装满了激光唱片。
☆美国英语母语人士点评:
Several is three or more; some can imply any number, usually more than one.
several是指三个或更多;some可以指任何数字,通常不止一个。