somehow or other

基本解释

He suffered over it, feeling that somehow or other he had failed.
他遭受痛苦，莫名其妙觉得他不合格。
Somehow or other, unexpected developments have a way of changing what seems to be a certainty.
不知怎的，意向不到的发展总是会有办法使一些看起来非常确定的事情发生改变。
But I like to think that whether I had chosen acting, music, or dance, I would have somehow or other always chosen a path that in the end would make me feel happy and fulfilled.
不过我觉得，无论当初我是选择了成为一名演员、还是歌手抑或是舞者，我最终都会选择一条给我带来快乐和满足感的道路。

So the game is not just to somehow or other get the solution to the problem set but to fully understand how it's done, and the TAs will be there to help you.
所以,这个过程不仅仅是,通过某种方式解出题目,还要全面理解解题的过程,助教会帮你们的
耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选
It's not a question, in other words, of poetry or of a novel being somehow or another strictly a matter of poetic language.
毫无疑问，诗歌或小说是,诗化语言的严格体现。
耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选
Plato seems to believe that each of us must choose somehow, must choose between one or the other of these two contenders for the most serious and worthwhile way of life.
柏拉图似乎相信,我们每个人都应选择，必需在这两种竞争概念中,做出选择,以求得严谨及值得过的人生。
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They had a guy working there for a while, but somehow or other he just did not work out.
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