词组 | every so often |
释义 | every so often 【问】 every so often从字面看,应是very often的意思。《英华大辞典》、《最新高级英汉词典》均译为“时时”。汉语的“时时”即“常常”、“任何时候”的意思,例如,“时时不忘自己是人民的勤务员。”但是,用“时时”来翻译下列句中的every so often似乎是不恰当的: Every so often we stopped to look at our map. (GPU) 【答】 英语的every so often=every now and then (again)=now and again。它们的意思是:sometimes but not very often,from time to time(不时地,有时候)(见LDCE)。EED干脆解释为:occasionally(in expressions such as 'every now and then' in order to indicate that somethinghappens occasionally)。 1. Every so often she spends a weekend in London. (EED) 她有时候在伦敦度周末。 2. I no longer see him regularly,but he drops in at my office every so often.我现在已不再经常去看他,但他却不时地到我办公室来。 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第391-392页. |
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