台北新竹英文家教

Sometimes  Sometime  Some time  Some time or other  Some other time  Some times 的區別與用法

[ sometimes ] 有時 (過去 or 事實陳述)  ad

Sometimes my parents drop by to see how I’m in Taipei.

(有時 - 事實陳述)

When the temperate is under 10 degrees Celsius in Taiwan, sometimes I’ll feel as if I lived in the North Pole.  (有時 - 事實陳述)

Sometimes I would pay a visit to my grandma and stayed with her for a couple of days.  (有時 - 過去)

[ sometime or at some time ]  某個時候 adv  

(sometime in the future, sometime in the past)

Can you come and see me sometime next week?  (未來某個時候)

My boss will be in his office sometime this afternoon.  (未來某個時候)

I met him sometime last week to tell him what we had the expectation of him.  (過去某個時候 - adv)

[ some time ] 一段時間 (n) 

[ some time or other ]  某一段時間或另一段時間 (adv)

[ some other time ]  any time in the future 未來某一段時間 (adv)

My children will stay with me in Taipei for some time.  (停留一段時間)

Henry will spend some time with his grandparents in summer. 

(某一段時間 - n)

Recently, while I was sleeping, I tossed and turned at some time in my bed.

(在某一段時間 - adv)

Mary would have stayed with her grandma (at) some time or other.

(某個時候或其他時候 或 不時 - adv) 

It came as no surprise that I would think of my beloved parents at some time or other.  (某個時候或其他時候 或 不時 - adv)

Everyone makes mistakes (at) some time or other.  總有犯錯的時候 adv

Henry’s grandma tells his younger sister she’ll teach her how to cook some other time.  (any time in the future 未來某一段時間 – adv ) 

In Mom’s email, she said she and Dad would like to see me some other time.  (未來某一段時間 – adv )

[ some times ] 某個時期

It’s common that in a person’s life, he or she is up (at) some times and down (at) other times.

(at some times 某個時期  at other times 另一個時期)

During my four years in college, I had been in a good mood (at) some times while in a bad mood (at) other times.  (at some times 某個時候或時期  at other times 另一個時候或時期)

[ some times ]  數次

Cindy and her family have been to Japan some times.  (poor)

Cindy and her family have been to Japan several times.  (good)