1 ADV [ADVERB with verb] (过去或将来的)某个时间 You use sometime to refer to a time in the future or the past that is unknown or that has not yet been decided. (过去或将来的)某个时间
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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。
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Why don't you come and see me sometime?.
为什么不找个时间来看看我?
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I'm aiming to get to work by nine sometime.
我准备 9 点左右开始工作。
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I really want to go to Spain sometime.
我真的很想找个时间去趟西班牙。
SYN some day, one day, at some point in the future, sooner or later
2 ADJ [ADJ n] 前…(以前担任过某项职务) You use sometime to describe a job or role that a person used to have. 前…(以前担任过某项职务)
SYN former, one-time, erstwhile, ex-
Usage | sometime , sometimes , and some time |
Sometime, sometimes, and some time are easy to confuse. Sometime means 'at some unknown time'; sometimes means 'occasionally, from time to time'; some time means 'some amount of time': Sometimes Ilya enjoys spending some time catching up on his favourite soap operas; the last time he did that was sometime in August. |
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