核心畫面

Picture pointing at the calendar without landing on a square: there is a moment in there, you just are not saying which one. Sometime leaves the date blank on purpose — and when it sits in front of a job title, it leaves the years blank the same way.

可以想成:手指往月曆上一比,卻沒有真的落在哪一格。時間點是有的,只是你不說是哪一天。sometime 就是刻意把日期更多收起可以想成:手指往月曆上一比,卻沒有真的落在哪一格。時間點是有的,只是你不說是哪一天。sometime 就是刻意把日期留白;放在職稱前面時,留白的則是「那是什麼時候的事」。要注意它和 some time(一段時間)、sometimes(有時候)是三個不同的字。

From the picture

形容詞:放在職稱前面

把「不說是哪段時間」搬到人的身分上:這個人跟這個職位有過關係,但沒有明講是什麼時候、或有多常。同一個留白的動作,一邊指向過去,一邊指向「不是全職」。

former · adjective · B2

former; used before a noun to say someone had a job or title in the past.

曾任的

Also in this word

at an unnamed time · r · A2

At a time in the past or future that you do not name.

某個時候

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。

sometimeadv/ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/

  • 1

    At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.

    • I'll see you at the pub sometime this evening.
    • This will certainly happen sometime in the future.
  • 2

    obsoleteSometimes.

  • 3

    obsoleteAt an unstated past or future time; once; formerly.

    • Did they not sometime cry "All hail" to me?

sometimeadj/ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/

  • 1

    Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.

    • my sometime friend and mentor
    • Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen / Th' imperial jointress to this warlike state
  • 2

    Occasional; intermittent.

    • an author and sometime lecturer

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。