- 1rA1
/ˈsʌmtaɪmz/
On some occasions but not always; at certain times and not at others.
有時候
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.
可以想成把一連串的日子或時刻排開，只有其中幾個被點亮：事情在那幾個發生，其他時候則沒有。不是從不、也不是每次，而是零…更多收起
可以想成把一連串的日子或時刻排開，只有其中幾個被點亮：事情在那幾個發生，其他時候則沒有。不是從不、也不是每次，而是零星散落在時間裡，有時來、有時不來。原始詞典資料3 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。
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.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。