sometime
sometime — 副詞
1. at a point in time that you cannot name exactly — the event might already have h
某個時候
在過去或未來的某個不確定的時間
at a point in time that you cannot name exactly — the event might already have happened, or it may happen later
Minh promised to call me sometime after eight o'clock tonight.
Minh 答應今晚八點後某個時間打電話給我。
sometime after [time] — vague future arrangement
Sivan found a lovely old teapot in the shop sometime last spring.
Sivan 去年春天某個時候在店裡發現了一個漂亮的舊茶壺。
sometime last [season] — vague past reference
The package should arrive sometime between Wednesday and Friday.
包裹應該會在星期三到星期五之間某個時間送達。
Tariro would like to visit Japan sometime when the cherry blossoms bloom.
Tariro 很想在櫻花盛開的某個時候去日本玩。
sometime when [condition] — future wish with condition
Ishaan realized sometime during the meeting that he had forgotten his notes.
Ishaan 在會議期間的某個時候才發現自己忘了帶筆記。
- sometime next week/month/year
- sometime last week/month/year
- sometime in + [period]
- one day
only refers to the future, not the past
- eventually
always future; implies a delay before the event
- at some point
more formal, can refer to past or future
文法句型
sometime + [time period/point]
sometime + [time clause]
用法筆記
Do not confuse with 'some time' (two words, meaning a period or duration: 'It took some time to finish') or 'sometimes' (with -s, meaning occasionally: 'I sometimes walk to work'). As an adverb, 'sometime' is always a single word.
常見錯誤
sometime — 形容詞
- sometimepositive
- more sometimecomparative
- most sometimesuperlative
1. used before a job title to show that someone once held that role but does not ho
前任的
過去曾擔任某職位但已不再
used before a job title to show that someone once held that role but does not hold it now
Aoi borrowed a book by the sometime prime minister of Japan from the library.
Aoi 從圖書館借了一本日本前首相寫的書。
the sometime [job title] of [place] — attributive noun phrase
The conference opened with a talk by a sometime ambassador to South Africa.
會議開幕式由一位曾任駐南非大使的人發表演講。
Marco's uncle, a sometime musician, now teaches piano to local children.
Marco 的叔叔曾是音樂人，現在教當地小孩彈鋼琴。
appositive: [Name], a sometime [job title]
The museum hired a sometime professor of art history to lead the archive.
博物館聘請了一位曾任藝術史教授的人來管理檔案館。
Lisa interviewed the author, a sometime journalist who covered the civil war.
Lisa 訪問了那位作者，他是一名曾報導內戰的新聞記者。
appositive with relative clause
- sometime president
- sometime prime minister
- sometime ambassador
- sometime professor
- sometime director
文法句型
sometime + [job title / role]
用法筆記
Only used before a noun (attributive position) — never after a linking verb. In American English, 'former' is more common than 'sometime' for this meaning. This usage is somewhat formal and more typical of written than spoken English.
常見錯誤
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- sometime president
- sometime professor
- sometime director
副詞搭配
- sometime soon
- sometime later
- sometime around
- sometime before
常用片語
- sometime or other
- sometime next week
- sometime in the past
- sometime in the future