sometime

英 [ˈsʌmtaɪm]

美 [ˈsʌmtaɪm]

adv.  在某时(不确切或尚未确定)
adj.  (指某人曾经是…)从前的，一度的; (指某人间或干某事)偶尔的

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Collins.2 / BNC.7642 / COCA.4914

牛津词典

adv.

• 在某时（不确切或尚未确定）
  at a time that you do not know exactly or has not yet been decided
  1. I saw him sometime last summer.
     我去年夏天什么时候见过他。
  2. We must get together sometime.
     我们一定要找个时间聚一下。

adj.

• （指某人曾经是…）从前的，一度的
  used to refer to what sb used to be
  1. Thomas Atkins, sometime vicar of this parish
     本教区先前的牧师托马斯∙阿特金斯
• （指某人间或干某事）偶尔的
  used to refer to what sb does occasionally
  1. a sometime contributor to this magazine
     一位偶尔给本刊投稿的作者

柯林斯词典

• ADV (过去或将来的)某个时间
  You usesometimeto refer to a time in the future or the past that is unknown or that has not yet been decided.
  1. The sales figures won't be released until sometime next month...
     下个月的某个时间才会公布销售数据。
  2. Why don't you come and see me sometime?...
     为什么不找个时间来看看我？
  3. I'm aiming to get to work by nine sometime...
     我准备 9 点左右开始工作。
  4. I really want to go to Spain sometime.
     我真的很想找个时间去趟西班牙。
• ADJ 前…(以前担任过某项职务)
  You usesometimeto describe a job or role that a person used to have.
  1. Cecile was in her early thirties, a sometime actress, dancer and singer.
     塞茜尔三十出头，曾经做过演员、舞蹈演员和歌手。

Take care not to confusesometimeandsometimes
切勿将 sometime 与 sometimes 混淆。

英英释义

adv

• at some indefinite or unstated time
  1. let's get together sometime
  2. everything has to end sometime
  3. It was to be printed sometime later

双语例句

• I'll meet you sometime this afternoon.
  我今天下午某个时候见你。
• If you want to run off a copy sometime today, you're welcome to.
  如果你今天什么时候想复印的话，欢迎你来。
• You really must come over sometime and have dinner with us.
  你确实应该找个时间来串个门，跟我们一起吃顿饭。
• Drop over and see me sometime.
  顺便来看看我吧。
• If by any chance I do not make it, I'll see you sometime next month.
  万一我不能赴约，我将在下个月见你。
• The sales figures won't be released until sometime next month
  下个月的某个时间才会公布销售数据。
• I told you, man! It'll be sometime after eight o'clock.
  老兄，我告诉过你了，时间是八点以后。
• I will defeat you sometime.
  总有一天我将打败你。
• We'll take our holiday sometime in august, I think.
  我想我们大概会在8月放假。
• Multi-party elections are scheduled for sometime next year but many doubt that this is a realistic goal
  多党选举计划在明年某个时间进行，但是许多人怀疑这个目标是否现实。