ONE PHRASE, IN CONTEXT

once in a while

偶尔；时不时

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GET TO KNOW THE MEANING

同一个表达，不同的语境。

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偶尔；时不时

IN A SENTENCE

The adviser checks the figures once in a while to catch unusual changes.
这位顾问会时不时核对这些数字，以便发现异常变化。

来源：Expression Original Learning Examples — 阅读必备库 — batch19 · Expression Editorial Team段 editorial-base-once-in-a-whileOriginal English example and Chinese translation written for Expression; no third-party sentence text is reproduced.

They come once in a while, but I don't really have anything real strong.
他们偶尔会来，不过我没有什么特别强烈的感受。

来源：Project MORE : Charolette段 oanc-10d29f257d0fd150a28660c5:t4u6OANC-1.0.1 UTF-8 (datasets-2026-09-25); source file OANC/data/spoken/face-to-face/charlotte/StJohnEric.anc. OANC unrestricted-use terms: https://anc.org/data/oanc/

偶尔；有时

IN A SENTENCE

Once in a while, we close the shop early and take the whole staff out for dinner.
我们偶尔会提前关店，带全体员工出去吃晚饭。

来源：Expression V2 原创例句 · Expression V2段 once-in-a-while example 1Expression V2 创作