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此句不能翻譯成：我們找個(gè)時(shí)間在下個(gè)星期會(huì)晤片刻把。如果要表達(dá)此意，應(yīng)該說(shuō)：
Let’s meet for some time (or a short time) next week.
sometime, some time和sometimes這三個(gè)詞很容易混淆。sometime的意思是“某一時(shí)刻”“日后”，可以用來(lái)指將來(lái)或過(guò)去的某個(gè)時(shí)間。some time用作名詞詞組時(shí)，是“若干時(shí)間”，指一定的時(shí)限而言，表示相當(dāng)長(zhǎng)的一段時(shí)間；用作副詞詞組時(shí)，意“隨便何時(shí)”。sometimes是“有時(shí)”“時(shí)不時(shí)”，相當(dāng)于at times或now and then。
請(qǐng)看例句：
I’ll give you a detailed report sometime.
我日后給你作一個(gè)詳細(xì)的報(bào)告。
As to this affair I’ll tell you sometime.
關(guān)于此事，我以后會(huì)告訴你的。
I saw her sometime in Hong Kong last spring.
去年春天，我曾在香港看見(jiàn)過(guò)她。
I hope you will devote some time to reading the selected works of Shakepeare.
我希望你能抽出一定的時(shí)間去閱讀莎士比亞選集。
Please drop in some time.
請(qǐng)隨時(shí)來(lái)玩。
We sometimes have letters from them.
有時(shí)候，我們會(huì)收到他們的來(lái)信。
Now it rained, now it snowed. Sometimes it hailed.
時(shí)而下雨，時(shí)而下雪，有時(shí)還下冰雹。
值得注意的是，sometime在某些場(chǎng)合里可以用作sometimes的意義，可與sometimes互換使用，例如I’m sometime (=sometimes) at leisure. 此外，它還能用作once的意義，以表示過(guò)去之意。例：He was sometime (=once) a professor. 除作副詞之外，sometime還可以用作形容詞，表示“從前”“往時(shí)”的意思。例如：My sometime student is now a famous diplomat. He was sometime professor at this university.
另一點(diǎn)要注意的是，sometimes在句中的位置頗靈活，可以放在句首，句中或者句末。例如：
Sometimes I’m busy and sometimes I’m not.
Every man is a fool sometimes, and none at all times.
They did come sometimes.
所以此句的翻譯為：我們找個(gè)時(shí)間在下個(gè)星期碰頭吧。
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