now and then

1. Every now and then you hear some bombs bursting.
   你会时不时地听到一些爆炸声。
2. Stir the batter every now and then to keep it from separating
   不时搅动面糊，防止其成分散开。
3. As he marks down the prices, he stops now and then to pack things into a large bag.
   他一边抄价钱，一边不时停下来往一个大袋子里装东西。
4. Now and then she peeped to see if he was noticing her.
   她时不时地偷眼看他是否在注意自己。
5. Now and then I referred a client to him.
   我不时地介绍客户给他。
6. Now and then they heard the roar of a heavy truck.
   他们不时地听到大卡车的轰鸣声。
7. This section of the road is so norrow that there are bound to be traffic jams now and then.
   这段路太窄，交通有时不免堵塞。
8. Heart-rending screams could now and then be heard from the enemy prison in the distance.
   从远处敌人的牢房里不时传来惨不忍闻的尖叫声。
9. I like to go to the cinema now and then.
   我喜欢偶尔去看电影。
10. Every now and then light clouds floated across the sky.
    天上时而飘过几片薄薄的白云。
11. Now and then he picked raspberries in the overgrown garden.
    有时，他会跑到杂草丛生的花园里去采摘悬白子。
12. The deep silence all around was broken now and then by the trills of cicadas.
    四周已然岑寂，惟有几处蝉声，断断续续地送来。
13. He cleans out his desk drawers every now and then.
    他过些时候就把书桌里的抽屉清理一下。
14. The fish rises every now and then to gulp air from the surface.
    那条鱼不时浮上来大口呼吸水面上的空气。
15. And do we waste it every now and then?
    但我们是否也曾不时地浪费了我们的钱？
16. Check back every now and then to talk about what he's learned.
    另外要不时和你的孩子讨论他的学习成果。
17. We played robber now and then about a month, and then I resigned.
    我们时常装作强盗玩儿，过了一个月我退出了。
18. You should tell a lie from now and then to help us.
    你应该不时地说个慌来帮助我们。
19. I chat to him at work now and then but I've never seen him socially.
    我偶尔在工作时和他交谈一会儿，但我从未在社交场合上见过他。
20. I just need you to show up in a cab now and then, too.
    我只是希望你也偶尔能出现在马车中。
21. All's I want's a little respect every now and then.
    我想要不过是能时不时的尊重我一下。
22. I get a strange feeling about this every now and then.
    我时常对这有一种奇怪的感觉。
23. I can handle some noise now and then.
    我能处理一些噪音，然后现在。
24. I like to chat with her now and then.
    我喜欢常常和她闲聊。
25. I like to travel every now and then.
    我喜欢时不时旅游。
26. You think I can come by every now and then and visit my kidney.
    你说我能不能时不时来看望一下我的肾。
27. Even though Joe and I work in the same building, we only see each other now and then.
    虽然乔和我在同一个大厦里工作，我们只是偶尔看到彼此。
28. It's too hot. I have to take a cold shower every now and then.
    天太热了，我时不时就要冲一下凉。参考答案。
29. Every now and then you seem to lose your Spanish accent.
    有时候，你的西班牙语口音，好像消失了。

adv

1. now and then or here and there
   1. he was arrogant and occasionally callous
   2. open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees
   3. they visit New York on occasion
   4. now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us
   5. as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention

   Synonym:    occasionallyon occasiononce in a whilenow and againat timesfrom time to time