on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always;
"sometimes she wished she were back in England"
"sometimes her photography is breathtaking"
"sometimes they come for a month; at other times for six months"
双语例句
1. Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.
有时候要到达谷底，才会慢慢变好。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
2. He told some lies and sometimes just embroidered the truth.
他说了些谎，有时只是对事实添油加醋了一番。
来自柯林斯例句
3. You must have noticed how tired he sometimes looks.
你一定注意到他有时候显得特别疲惫。
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4. "Well," he conceded, "I do sometimes mumble a bit."
“嗯，”他承认道，“我有时候说话的确有点吐字不清。”
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5. Jane's always annoying her and she takes it out on me sometimes.
简老是惹她生气，她有时就拿我出气。
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用作副词 (adv.)
Old people are sometimes forgetful. 老人有时爱忘事。
Sometimes the patient cried for the pain. 有时这个病人疼得哭起来。
Love is sometimes put in range with a career. 人们往往认为爱情和事业是并驾齐驱的。
Sometimes she saw the flash of a torch through a chink in the curtains. 她间或透过窗帘的缝隙能瞥见手电筒的闪光。
用作副词 (adv.)
用作状语
Old people sometimes lose their faculties. 老年人有时会官能失灵。
I sometimes have letters from him. 我有时收到他的来信。
I sometimes visit my grandmother. 我有时去看我的祖母。
People in far northern countries sometimes form small houses out of blocks of ice. 住在极北部国家的人有时用冰块建造小房子。
She likes sometimes the one and sometimes the other. 她有时喜欢这个,有时喜欢那个。
That newspaper accounts of international affairs are sometimes distorted. 那家报纸对国际事件的报道有时是歪曲事实的。
Destiny is sometimes cruel, but sometimes kind. 命运有时是残酷的,但有时却是仁慈的。
The snake's bite is sometimes poisonous. 蛇的唾液往往有毒。
Sometimes we are busy and sometimes we're not. 有时我们忙,有时我们不忙。
