something of a

基本解释

This is something of a change.
这可以说是一个转变。
There is something of a chicken and egg problem with respect to a reference architecture.
关于参考体系结构，还存在一些类似鸡和蛋的关系的问题。
However, the policy means there is no longer any reliable standard sizing, which makes trying on clothes something of a guessing game, even a chore.
然而，这样的策略意味着标准尺寸将不再可靠，也使得试穿变成了一种猜谜游戏，甚至是一件烦人的事情。

Now,as in those far-off Civil War days, getting information by the grapevine remains something of a game.
There seems to have been something of a kind of outcry about the style of Paradise Lost. Look at page 210 in the Hughes.
当时人们对《失乐园》的格式,似乎有过强烈反对，翻到休斯版的210页。
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And Deuteronomy is also something of a loyalty oath, except that the people are pledging their loyalty to a god rather than to a human king.
申命记也是一种忠诚试验，虽然人们是,对神宣誓他们的忠诚而不是对一个人类。
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Just as South Korea's economy is something of a half-way house, so is its democracy.
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