他曾经是大学的教授。
从例句可见,这里的sometime相当于onetime或former之意。
Sometimes的意思是“有时”、“不时”(at times;now and then)。例:
The weather is cold and changeable.Now it rains,now it snows,sometimes it hails.
气候冷而多变,时而下雨,时而下雪,有时还下冰雹。
We have letters from her sometimes.
有时候,我们会收到她的信。
I am sometimes at leisure.
我间或有暇。
2.The Arab resolution condemning Israeli settlements by and large reflects the opinion of the world as well as the United States.
by and large总的来说, 大体而言
例句:By and large, women can bear pain better than men.
一般来说, 女人比男人更能忍受痛苦。
3.The US is trying to chip away at its financial foundations.
chip away拆掉, 削掉, 铲除,瓦解
例句:I chip away the damaged brick and replaced it with a new one.
我把那块损坏了的砖头一点一点地敲掉, 然后换上一块新的。
4.The women can't agree on whether to bury his remains in Venezuela or the United States.
agree on对某事〔物〕有同样看法, 商定〔同意〕某事, 商定做某事
例句:We agree on the question.