- 1rA1/ˈsʌmtaɪmz/有時候
On some occasions but not always; at certain times and not at others.
On some occasions在某些場合 but not always但不是總是; at certain times在某些時候 and not at others而不是其他時候
示範例句 · Example
Sometimes I walk to school, and sometimes I take the bus.
逐字有時候我走路上學，有時候我搭公車。
「sometimes」說的是「有時候會，有時候不會」——次數比 often（常常）少，比 rarely（很少）多，大概落在「偶爾到一半」之間。它通常放在主要動詞前面（I sometimes walk），也可以放句首（Sometimes I walk）來強調。
常見搭配
sometimes ... sometimes ...
有時候……有時候……
used to show two things that both happen at different times
Sometimes she sings, sometimes she dances.
sometimes even
有時候甚至
used to add a surprising extra case
It gets cold at night, sometimes even freezing.
意思相近
occasionallyat timesnow and thenfrom time to timeonce in a while
core核心畫面
Picture a row of days or moments, and only some of them are lit up: it happens on those, and stays dark on the rest. Not never, not always — just here and there, scattered through time.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sometimesadv/ˈsʌm.taɪmz/
- 1
On some occasions, over some periods, or in certain circumstances, but not always.
- Sometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit.
- It is good that we sometimes be contradicted, and ill though of, and that we always bear it well, even when we deserve to be well spoken of : perfect peace and security cannot be had in this world.
- 2
obsoleteOn a certain occasion in the past; once.
- What art thou that vſurp’ſt this time of night, / Together with that Faire and Warlike forme / In which the Maieſty of buried Denmarke / Did ſometimes march : By Heauen I charge thee ſpeake.
- For yee were sometimes darkenesse, but now are yee light in the Lord: walke as children of light […]
sometimesadj/ˈsʌm.taɪmz/
- 1
obsoleteFormer; sometime.
- Farewell old Gaunt, thy ſometimes brothers wife / With her companion Greefe, muſt end her life.
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