请区别sometime、some
Sometime”是个时间副词,意思是“在某时期”。这个字通常 和“日期”或“时间”连用,出现在句子后半部, 用来固定本来不肯定的时间或日期。例如:
① The accident happened sometime last month
② Let us discuss the matter sometime next week。
***“Sometimes”是个频率副词(adverb of frequency),意思和 “occasionally”,或“from time to time”甚接近,就是“有时候”或“偶尔”之意。 “Sometimes”和“sometime”...全部
Sometime”是个时间副词,意思是“在某时期”。这个字通常 和“日期”或“时间”连用,出现在句子后半部, 用来固定本来不肯定的时间或日期。例如:
① The accident happened sometime last month
② Let us discuss the matter sometime next week。
***“Sometimes”是个频率副词(adverb of frequency),意思和 “occasionally”,或“from time to time”甚接近,就是“有时候”或“偶尔”之意。
“Sometimes”和“sometime”不但意思不同, 所处的位置也不一样。
“Sometimes”可以在下列三处出现:
⒈句首,如:
Sometimes, I didn't feel like working。
⒉接系动词“be”之后,如:
The new manager was sometimes very hot-tempered。
⒊动词前,如:
They sometimes stayed up until 2 o'clock。
从这三个例子看,“sometime”和“sometimes”不但意思不同 , 所处的位置也大相径庭。
就用途来说, “sometime”的用途广些。除了表示“在某时期 ”这意思之外,它也含有“任何时候”的意义,如:
* Come over and see me sometime。
这里的“sometime”,可以用“anytime”代替,即:
* Come over and see me anytime。
此外,“sometime”可以当形容词用,意思是“以前的”,如:
* Dr Chen, a sometime lecturer of chemistry, is now a big company director。
这里的“sometime”不妨以另外一个形容词“former”或前缀“ ex-”来取代:
*Dr Chen, a former lecturer of chemistry, is now a big company director。
* Dr Chen, an ex-lecturer of chemistry, is now a big company director。
**另外,“sometime”和“some time"的意思不同。
“Sometime”是“在某时期”;“some time” 是“一段时间”,如:
*All of us have studied English for some time。
* Betty has been grumbling for some time。
* Please give me some time to think over your proposal。
由于 sometimes, sometime和 some time 各有不同的意思,在同句里出现可以和平共处、相安无事:
* Sometimes, I spent some time reading a sometime English lecturer's novel written sometime in 1996。
(有时,我花了些时间阅读前英语讲师在 1996 年某时期所撰写的一本小说)
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