单词 | every now and then |
释义 | every now and thensometimes, but notregularly: We still get together forlunchevery now and then. (every) now and thensometimes but not very often: We stillmeetforlunchnow and then, but not as often as we used to. Examplesofevery now and thenevery now and then In the course of their stories of ageing, my narratorseverynowandthenreferred to life events from the past. From theCambridge English Corpus Everynowandthen, just for a change, she did crosswords. From theCambridge English Corpus Simply to be outdoors, it is a matter discussedeverynowandthen. From theCambridge English Corpus Everynowandthenthe atoms just swerved. From theCambridge English Corpus Phrased differentially, the idea of amortized complexity amounts to choosing a function c that allows,everynowandthen, more substantial decreases of its value. From theCambridge English Corpus I wear them in turns, wash themeverynowandthen. From theCambridge English Corpus I think all teachers benefit from having a shake upeverynowandthen, from having new ideas run across them. From theCambridge English Corpus These scripts may become activeeverynowandthenin almost anyone. From theCambridge English Corpus Everynowandthena speaker makes his\\her life easier by pronouncing a word more sloppily than is socially accepted (this occurs unconsciously, of course). From theCambridge English Corpus His lamp goes out, he cannot move, all he can hear is a bat flying byeverynowandthenon its random flight around the cave. From theCambridge English Corpus It has been stated that the patients "get put into a black hole andeverynowandthenafter a wait of months get summoned for treatment" (5). From theCambridge English Corpus Everynowandthenone sees a notice saying that plain-clothes police patrols are in operation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Everynowandthenit would be dusted off, put back and kept for a rainy day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A full stop makes a pleasant interludeeverynowandthen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Everynowandthenan anæthetist has to give up his profession because he has become addicted to the inhalation of ether. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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