强调某事物或某人与另一事物/人之间存在关联(因果、影响或间接联系均可)。
该短语的核心结构可拆解为:
肯定句:用 something(表示“有关联”);
否定句:用 nothing(表示“无关联”);
疑问句:用 anything(询问“是否有关联”)。
第一/二人称(I/you/we/they)、复数主语 → 用 have;
第三人称单数(he/she/it/单数名词) → 用 has。
可在 something 前加修饰词,强调关系的“强弱”:
have a lot/much to do with:与……有很大关系(强调强关联);
have little to do with:与……几乎无关(强调弱关联)。
通过具体场景理解用法:
My new job has something to do with digital marketing.(我的新工作和数字营销有关。)
Their argument had something to do with money.(他们的争吵和钱有关。)
I have nothing to do with that mistake.(我和那个错误无关。)
The price increase has nothing to do with customer demand.(涨价和客户需求无关。)
Does this problem have anything to do with our previous project?(这个问题和我们之前的项目有关吗?)
Do you have anything to do with the organization of the party?(你参与了派对的组织吗?)
Her success has a lot to do with her hard work and persistence.(她的成功和她的努力与坚持有很大关系。)
His bad mood has little to do with you—don’t take it personally.(他的坏情绪几乎和你无关,别往心里去。)
不可省略 to do:正确表达是“have something to do with”,而非“have something with”;
否定句无需双重否定:“have nothing to do with”本身已表否定,不要说“Don’t have nothing to do with”(口语中偶尔用,但正式场合避免);
关联对象需具体:后接名词/代词,不接从句(若要接从句,需调整结构,如“have something to do with the fact that...”)。
“have something to do with”是描述“关联”的万能短语,通过调整不定代词(something/nothing/anything)和修饰词(a lot/little),可灵活表达“有关、无关、多大关系”等不同含义,是日常交流和写作中高频使用的表达。