1.sometime

adv.

将来某个时候;过去某个时候;改天;来日；在某时（不确切或尚未确定）

adj.（指某人曾经是…）从前的，一度的;某一时间的

如：

Steel cans were introduced sometime during the forties.

钢罐是20世纪40年代时开始使用的。

I saw him sometime last summer.

我去年夏天什么时候见过他。

I saw him sometime last summer.

我去年夏天什么时候见过他。

We must get together sometime.

我们一定要找个时间聚一下。

Why don't you come and see me sometime?

为什么不找个时间来看看我？

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。

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。

We must get together sometime.

我们一定要找个时间聚一下。

Do you fancy going to see a movie sometime?

你想不想有空去看场电影？

Do you fancy going to see a movie sometime?

你想不想有空去看场电影？

New students will come to our school sometime next week.

新学员将于下周某时来校。

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。

2.some time多数情况下作名词短语，意为过去或将来的”一些时间；一些时候”；它还可以作副词词组，用来表示一个未肯定的时刻，此时它可与sometime互换。如：

Digital television has been around for some time now.

数字电视已经面市一段时间了。

He stopped working some time ago.

他早就停止工作了。

She recommended that I should take some time off.

她建议我应该休息一段时间。

I admit I was foxed for some time .

我承认我一度被难住了。

Nobody should be surprised by this. It's been in the works for some

time.

不应该有人对此感到惊奇，这事已经张罗了有一阵子了。

This will be a problem for some time to come.

这将是未来一段时期里的一个问题。

Everyone experiences these problems at some time in their lives.

每个人在人生的某个阶段都会经历这些问题。

The company has for some time printed its phone number on its products

有一段时间，公司把电话号码印在产品上。

Mark had for some time been making advances towards her

马克追她已经有一段时间了。

I needed some time off from education to experience life.

我需要从学校教育中抽身一段时间去体验人生。

I need some time to mull it over before making a decision.

在作出决定之前我需要一些时间来认真琢磨一下。

I went to New York last year, and I also spent some time in Washington.

我去年去了纽约，还在华盛顿待了些时间。

The ladies spent some time catching up on each other's health and families.

女士们花了点时间叙旧，聊了聊彼此的健康和家庭状况。

It took him some time to grasp that he was now a public figure.

他过了些时候才意识到自己已是个公众人物了。

It took me some time to work out what was causing this

我花了一些时间才弄清此事的起因。

It may take some time to get the British economy back on track

要使英国经济重新回到正轨可能需要一段时间。

It took him some time to orient himself in his new school.

他经过了一段时间才熟悉新学校的环境。

After a serious argument, it can take some time for the wounds to heal.

激烈争吵之后的感情创伤需要一些时间才能愈合。

It took the jury some time to reach the conclusion that she was guilty.

陪审团花了很长时间才得出结论认为她有罪。

It was some time before he worked around to what he really wanted to say.

他东拉西扯了一会才绕到真正要说的事情上来。

I quite understand that you need some time alone.

我很理解你需要独自静一会。

Problems at work continued to occupy his mind for some time.

工作上的问题继续在他的脑海中萦绕了一段时间。

The post of chairman has been vacant for some time.

主席之位已经空缺一段时间了。

Jane's worked here for some time.

简在这儿工作已经有好些时候了。

This just proves what I have been saying for some time.

这恰好证实了我长久以来所说的。

William was up on the roof for some time and when he came down he looked grave .

威廉在屋顶上呆了一段时间，他下来的时候面色凝重。

The child disappeared from his home some time after four.

这孩子四点多的时候就离家不见了。

I wonder if some time I could have a word with you

我在想可不可以找个时间跟你谈一谈？

Come and visit with me some time.

找个时间来跟我聊聊吧。

Maybe we'll meet again some time.

说不定我们什么时候还会再见面的。

3.sometimes表示时间频率的副词，意为“有时候”。如：

Sometimes I go by car.

有时我坐车去。

It's sometimes difficult to tell who are the goodies and who are the baddies.

好人和坏人有时很难分清。

Lions sometimes hunt alone.

狮子有时单独猎食。

Life seems so unfair sometimes.

人生有时似乎非常不公平。

Sometimes I feel I'm losing my grip.

有时我感到自己无能为力。

Her parents are very tolerant, but sometimes she pushes them too far.

她的父母十分宽容，但她有时也让他们忍无可忍。

He sometimes fantasized about winning the gold medal.

他有时幻想赢得金牌的情景。

Some marriages can sometimes feel suffocating.

有些婚姻有时候让人觉得受到束缚。

Even friends disagree sometimes.

即便是朋友有时也有分歧。

Sometimes I pay, sometimes he pays ─ it seems to average out.

有时我付钱，有时他付钱——看来两相持平。

Sometimes you feel better for a good weep.

有时候你痛痛快快哭上一场就会觉得好受些。

He sometimes writes to me.

他偶尔给我写封信。

Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.

有时候现实和幻想很难区分。

During the summer, my skin sometimes gets greasy.

夏天我的皮肤有时候会出油。

They sometimes meet up to chill out and watch a movie.

他们有时聚在一起，看场电影放松一下。

Young children are beginning their formal education sometimes as early as four years old.

幼儿有时早在四岁时就开始接受正规教育。

Students sometimes do casual work in the tourist trade.

学生有时做些旅游方面的零工。

Mothers who are depressed sometimes fail to bond with their children.

患忧郁症的母亲有时无法和孩子建立亲子关系。

Sometimes small firms can outdo big business when it comes to customer care.

在顾客服务方面，有时小企业可能优于大企业。

Our jobs overlap slightly, which sometimes causes difficulties.

我们的工作略有重叠，所以有时引起一些困难。

4.some times是”几次、几倍”之意。如：

The newsreel has been shown on TV some times.

这个新闻片在电视上播了好几次了。

He told me he had been to Beijing some times.

他告诉We have met some times before.

我肯定我们之前见过几次了。

I met him some times in the street last month.

上个月我在街上遇到他好几次了。

我他到北京去过几次了。

We go to that farm some times every week.

我们每周去那个农场几次。

This farm is bigger some times than that one.

这个农场比那个农场大几倍。

This room is some times larger than that one.

这个房间比那个房间大好几倍。