- 1r/ˈsʌmtaɪmz/有時候
On some occasions but not always; at certain times and not at others.
「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。
示範例句 · Example
Sometimes I walk to school, and sometimes I take the bus.
中文翻譯有時候我走路上學，有時候我搭公車。
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
From the word’s history
From Middle English sumtymes; sometime + -s.
由 sometime 加上 -s 組成，中古英文寫作 sumtymes。
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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