sometime

adv.

1. 在某时（不确切或尚未确定）
   at a time that you do not know exactly or has not yet been decided
   1. I saw him sometime last summer.
      我去年夏天什么时候见过他。
   2. We must get together sometime.
      我们一定要找个时间聚一下。

adj.

1. （指某人曾经是…）从前的，一度的
   used to refer to what sb used to be
   1. Thomas Atkins, sometime vicar of this parish
      本教区先前的牧师托马斯∙阿特金斯
2. （指某人间或干某事）偶尔的
   used to refer to what sb does occasionally
   1. a sometime contributor to this magazine
      一位偶尔给本刊投稿的作者

1. ADV (过去或将来的)某个时间
   You use sometime to refer to a time in the future or the past that is unknown or that has not yet been decided.
   1. The sales figures won't be released until sometime next month...
      下个月的某个时间才会公布销售数据。
   2. Why don't you come and see me sometime?...
      为什么不找个时间来看看我？
   3. I'm aiming to get to work by nine sometime...
      我准备 9 点左右开始工作。
   4. I really want to go to Spain sometime.
      我真的很想找个时间去趟西班牙。
2. ADJ 前…(以前担任过某项职务)
   You use sometime to describe a job or role that a person used to have.
   1. Cecile was in her early thirties, a sometime actress, dancer and singer.
      塞茜尔三十出头，曾经做过演员、舞蹈演员和歌手。

Take care not to confuse sometime and sometimes
切勿将 sometime 与 sometimes 混淆。

1. I think it may take sometime before we can have an accurate assessment of the damage
   我认为我们对损失作出准确的估算可能需要一段时间。
2. Do you fancy going to see a movie sometime?
   你想不想有空去看场电影？
3. Steel cans were introduced sometime during the forties.
   钢罐是20世纪40年代时开始使用的。
4. He suggested we get together for a drink sometime. I said I'd like that, and we left it there.
   他建议我们找个时间出来喝一杯。我说好，然后我们就换了个话题。
5. I told you, man! It'll be sometime after eight o'clock.
   老兄，我告诉过你了，时间是八点以后。
6. Multi-party elections are scheduled for sometime next year but many doubt that this is a realistic goal
   多党选举计划在明年某个时间进行，但是许多人怀疑这个目标是否现实。
7. If you want to run off a copy sometime today, you're welcome to.
   如果你今天什么时候想复印的话，欢迎你来。
8. The sales figures won't be released until sometime next month
   下个月的某个时间才会公布销售数据。
9. Why don't you come and see me sometime?
   为什么不找个时间来看看我？
10. I'm aiming to get to work by nine sometime
    我准备9点左右开始工作。
11. Do you suppose we could get together for a little chat sometime soon?
    我们最近能抽空聚在一起聊上几句吗？
12. New students will come to our school sometime next week.
    新学员将于下周某时来校。
13. You really must come over sometime and have dinner with us.
    你确实应该找个时间来串个门，跟我们一起吃顿饭。
14. We'll take our holiday sometime in august, I think.
    我想我们大概会在8月放假。
15. Drop over and see me sometime.
    顺便来看看我吧。
16. After they had haggled for sometime, the two men decided to close the bargain.
    那两个人经过一番讨价还价以后，决定成交。
17. We can get together sometime next week.
    下星期的某个时候我们聚一聚。
18. Drop across and have coffee sometime.
    有空来串门，一块儿喝咖啡。
19. Let's go sightseeing in Shanghai sometime.
    咱们哪天到上海逛逛去吧。
20. I asked if you would like to go out on a date with me sometime.
    我问你有时间是否愿意和我约会。
21. You told me once I'd have to tell you sometime.
    你和我说过一次我最好什么时候告诉你。
22. Would you like to have lunch with me at Baiyun Hotel sometime next week?
    你下周可以和我在白云宾馆吃顿午餐吗？
23. I bought this sometime last summer.
    这是我在上个夏天买的。
24. But sometime I was in the charge of my heart.
    但是某时我是在我的心脏充电。
25. I'll meet you sometime this afternoon.
    我今天下午某个时候见你。
26. I will defeat you sometime.
    总有一天我将打败你。
27. If by any chance I do not make it, I'll see you sometime next month.
    万一我不能赴约，我将在下个月见你。
28. I will visit you sometime next month.
    下个月的某个时候我会去拜访你。
29. "I guess we all have to fail sometime," Mother said quietly.
    “我想我们都会有失败的时候，”母亲平静了下来，开始说道。
30. You know I will. I'd like that very much. I'll drop by sometime next month.
    你知道我会的。我很想那样。我下个月会找时间顺道去拜访。

adv

1. at some indefinite or unstated time
   1. let's get together sometime
   2. everything has to end sometime
   3. It was to be printed sometime later