Word · Frequency #7642
sometime
曾经的;昔日的;前任的
former; erstwhile
- 1.
Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.
以前的;从前的。
- 2.
belonging to some prior time
属于过去某个时间的
- 3.
Occasional; intermittent.
偶尔的;间歇的。
偶尔的;间或的;以前的;从前的。;属于过去某个时间的;偶尔的;间歇的。;以前的
In use
The sometime mayor of the town now works as a high school teacher.
Our sometime neighbor moved to Canada last spring.
She is a sometime actress who now runs a small restaurant.
Connections
Collocations
- a sometime colleague
- 以前的同事
- She met a sometime colleague at the conference.她在会议上遇到了一位以前的同事。
- a sometime actor
- 曾经的演员
- He was a sometime actor before he became a director.他在成为导演之前曾是演员。
- sometime friend
- 昔日好友
- She received a letter from a sometime friend.她收到一封来自昔日好友的信。
- a sometime contributor
- 偶尔的撰稿人
- She is a sometime contributor to the magazine.她是这家杂志的偶尔撰稿人。
Synonyms
- former
- 以前的;从前的;前任的 · 较常用,语义与 sometime 几乎相同,但语气更中性;sometime 更正式,且多用于书面语。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 sometime 拆成 some time(某个时间):在某个时间点曾经是那样,所以形容词意为“以前的;曾经的”。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:formal or literary writing、descriptions of past roles、historical or academic contexts、occasional or intermittent activities sometime 作形容词时通常用于正式或书面语,表示“以前的、曾经的”或“偶尔的、间歇的”;在口语中不常用,多出现在传记、正式介绍或书面描述中,日常表达更倾向用 former 或 occasional。
Grammar Note
仅用于名词前
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词都含有拼写 -time;除 sometimes 外,time、lifetime、daytime、meantime、pastime 的 -time 都读 /taɪm/,与 sometime 中的 -time 读音一致。注意 sometimes 是 sometime 加 s,结尾读 /taɪmz/,不要被拼写误导。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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