“偶尔、偶然”英译

摘要

<正> 汉语中,表示不经常或不是必然发生的事物或行为,通常使用“偶尔、偶然、有时、间或……”等词语,而在英语中,其表现形式也是多种多样,多采多姿,不一而足。现例述如下:1.(every)now and again I see my old neighbor now and again. 我偶尔遇见我的老邻居。2.(every)now and then I don’t think about my old home very much,only now and then.我并不怎么想念老家,只是偶尔想想罢了。3.between times He spent the bulk of his time writing but between times worked as a janitor and a car salesman.他把大部