sometime

/suhm-tahym/US // ˈsʌmˌtaɪm //UK // (ˈsʌmˌtaɪm) //

某时,某一时期,某一时刻,有时间

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb

1
- : at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week.
- : at an indefinite future time: Come to see me sometime.
- : Archaic. sometimes; on some occasions.
- : Archaic. at one time; formerly.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : having been formerly; former: The diplomat was a sometime professor of history at Oxford.
- : being so only at times or to some extent: Traveling so much, he could never be more than a sometime husband.
- : that cannot be depended upon regarding affections or loyalties: He was well rid of his sometime girlfriend.

adv.at an indefinite time

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The first public screening of Pathé film shorts took place sometime around 1903.
On Christmas Day, sometime after dark, a hideous fire overtook the venue: 100 firefighters, 33 fire trucks, a four-alarm blaze.
According to police sources, was believed to have visited New York City sometime last week.
And Cervecería Legitima, yet another brewpub, is set to open in the city sometime in 2015.
Tonkin said he expected Frein to be brought before a judge sometime on Friday, which happens to be Halloween.
Even at his age he had ambitions, and expected that sometime he would, like his father, serve the king in some office.
It was a dangerous journey into this wonderful cave, but sometime Alila must go there, his father said.
These stems, with the refuse of other tobacco, are sometime used as filling for the commonest kind of cigars.
Miss Dory would say so, but, Mas'r Crompton, you'll fotch her back sometime to de ole place.
Let it suffice that what we are about to relate did happen, sometime or other within the present century.