注意：along the lines of与somewhere along the line的意思大不相同

Along the lines of，somewhere along the line，这两个表达在理解和应用中极易引起混淆，下面Will快速给大家做个区分。

Along the lines of（有时也写作along the line of），它的中文意思相当于：与…相似的，或大概齐。它常与something连用，如：something along the lines of。你可以把along the lines of理解成为：similar to。而somewhere along the line，则指：在过去的某个时刻。

试比较：

He said something along the lines of “We got no choice and have to do it”.（他大概说了这样一句话：“我们别无选择，必须得这么做”）

Somewhere along the line, she lost interest in coding.（记不清在何时，她失去了对写代码的兴趣）