sometime,some
time與sometimes三個都可以表示時間。它們看起來沒多大區別,但用法卻各不相同。
sometimes用作副詞,表示“有的時候”,與from
time
to
time
意思相同,可以把它放在句首,句尾或句中。sometimes是頻率副詞,它暗指某動作(在過去、現在或將來)有時候重復。如:
Last
year
she
went
to
the
park
sometimes.
Sometimes
I
get
up
at
six.
I
sometimes
think
you
are
wrong.
2
sometime
用作副詞。表示某個不確切或不具體的時間,表示“某個時候”,它後面應該接壹個過去或將來的時間。例如:
Tom
went
back
home
sometime
last
month.
We
will
have
a
meeting
sometime
next
week.(sometime
last
year,sometime
next
month等常修飾非延續性的謂語)
另外,sometime還可以用作形容詞,表示“以前的”,如:
A
sometime
student
of
yours
is
waiting
for
you
at
the
gate.
3
some
time
表示"壹些時間"或“壹段時間”,可以用作名詞或副詞短語。例如:
She
always
spends
some
time
on
her
English.
It
took
us
some
time
to
water
the
flowers.
some
time表"某壹段時間"時,常常修飾延續性的謂語。如:
She
stayed
in
bed
for
some
time.
I
will
work
in
Japan
for
some
time.
4.
some
times
是名詞詞組,意為“幾次,幾倍”,如:
I
met
him
some
times
in
the
street
last
month.
The
factory
is
some
times
larger
than
that
one