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单词 sometimes
释义
sometimes
adverb
uk
/ˈsʌm.taɪmz/us
/ˈsʌm.taɪmz/
A1
on someoccasionsbut not always or often:
有时
Sometimes we takefoodwith us and sometimes webuyfoodwhen we're there.有时我们自己带食物，有时我们在那儿买。
Sometimes it'sbestnot to say anything.有时候，最好是什么话都别说。
More examples
  • I sometimesthinkI'm goingmad.
  • You say thestrangestthings sometimes.
  • I sometimesseehim in thestreet.
  • Sometimes Iwonderwhether I should justleave.
  • He doescooksometimes, but not very often.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Rarely & infrequently
  • (every) now and then/againidiom
  • blue moon
  • ever and anon
  • every
  • few
  • fit
  • in/by fits and startsidiom
  • occasion
  • occasional
  • occasionally
  • odd
  • odd jobs
  • once
  • one
  • one-shot
  • one-time
  • rarely
  • seldom
  • ship
  • time
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Grammar

Sometimesorsometime?
Sometimes means ‘not always or not often’:…
(Definition ofsometimesfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sometimes| American Dictionary

sometimes
adverb[not gradable]
us
/ˈsʌmˌtɑɪmz/
on someoccasionsbut not all thetime:
Sometimes youthinkyou can’t reallytrustanybody.
(Definition ofsometimesfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsometimes

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The planssometimessymbolize more than they explain, especially where large black surfaces representing the earth graphically detract from our reading of space and form.
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This is surprising, given that questions of revenue generation affect ordinary people in basic andsometimesvery serious ways.
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Sometimesthe cremated remains are placed in an urn, but more commonly they are scattered in a small pit or placed in an organic container.
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Sometimes, and with some letters (especially at the youngest age level), phonetic letter names are produced.
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The soft palate, uvula, redundant pharyngeal tissues, andsometimesthe tonsils are removed (51).
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For example,sometimesit will be in the interests of the effectiveness of the relationship that both parties make asset-specific investments.
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On a technical note, the maps are so blurred as to besometimesunreadable and the print quality is light and indistinct on some pages.
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Sometimesresearch is prompted by a technical issue.
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He shows that the introduction of such systems hassometimesbeen problematic because of political, practical, and technical factors.
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Itsometimestook the form of attempts to introduce new social groups into the workforce and following an old practice to diversify its social composition.
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In the present study, runs involving 11 parameterssometimestook 5-h to complete.
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Certainly such processes maysometimesrelate causally to changes in material conditions including subsistence resources and practices.
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Thissometimesinvolves ideas related to symbolic value, but the discussion of these is beyond the purview of this paper.
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A third weakness in presentation is that information issometimesgiven diffusely instead of in one section or chapter, thereby reducing effective communication of ideas.
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This intuition hassometimesbeen stated in previous studies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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