once in a while

英 [wʌns ɪn ə waɪl]

美 [wʌns ɪn ə waɪl]

偶尔; 间或

英英释义

adv

• 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 occasionnow and thennow and againat timesfrom time to time

双语例句

• In everyday life you may have a brush with other people once in a while.
  在日常生活中，你偶尔会与别人有点小摩擦。
• It's fun to cook once in a while, but not every day.
  偶尔做饭很有趣，但天天做就不行了。
• I guess everyone broods over things once in a while
  我猜想每个人都会不时地琢磨一些事情。
• Bobby: Once in a while you get an innocent, and that's why we do this.
  中奖似的你找到一个无辜者，我们份工就值回了票价。
• There is no reason why you couldn't live it up once in a while.
  偶尔放纵一下也无妨。
• He would push or slap her once in a while
  他偶尔会推搡她或是打她的耳光。
• I have this to tell you, remember it once in a while.
  我将它告诉你，你隔一段时间记一次。
• Father and I go fishing once in a while.
  父亲跟我偶尔会去钓鱼。
• Earrings need to be taken out and cleaned once in a while.
  耳环要偶尔取出来清洗一下。
• We went to see our English teacher once in a while.
  我们偶尔去看我们的英语老师。