sometime, some time, sometimes的區(qū)別

(1) sometime意為“某個(gè)時(shí)候”，可用于過去或?qū)�來�?/SPAN>

I must go shopping sometime this morning. 今天上午我必須找時(shí)間去買東西。

Let’s have dinner together sometime next week. 下星期找個(gè)時(shí)間咱們一塊吃頓飯吧。

Hopefully, I’ll see you sometime tomorrow.= I hope I’ll see you sometime tomorrow. 我希望明天什么時(shí)候能見到你。

【注】這樣用的 sometime 也可寫成 some time (即分開寫)。

You really must come and see us some time. 你什么時(shí)候務(wù)必來看看我們呀。

(2) some time 作為副詞詞組，意為“任何時(shí)候”或“某個(gè)時(shí)候”(= sometime)；作為名詞詞組，意為“一段時(shí)間”(不能寫成 sometime)：

Give me some time to consider. 給我點(diǎn)時(shí)間仔細(xì)考慮。

I spent some time trying to convince her. 我花了不少時(shí)間試圖說服她。

The medicine took some time to kick in. 這種藥需要一些時(shí)間才能生效。

For some time people had been muttering about the way she ran the department. 人們對(duì)她的管理方式私下抱怨已有時(shí)日。

(3) sometimes 意為“有時(shí)”：

Dogs sometimes produce five or six young at a birth. 狗有時(shí)一胎生五六只小狗。

The boss sometimes turns a blind eye to smoking in the office. 老板有時(shí)對(duì)在辦公室抽煙假裝沒看見。

In summer, the temperature is sometimes forty degrees centigrade. 夏天，溫度有時(shí)達(dá)40攝氏度。

Sometimes we’re busy and sometimes we’re not so busy. It all depends. 有時(shí)我們很忙，有時(shí)我們不太忙，這要看情況。

Sometimes emotional problems might lead to serious results. 有時(shí)候情緒問題會(huì)導(dǎo)致嚴(yán)重的結(jié)果。