every now and then

基本解释

We know that God is not an absent God. He does not just drop in on us every now and then, but He is with us all the time.
我们懂得了上帝并不是一个实际的存在，他不会时不时地直接出现在我们之中，但他一直与我们同在。
Taking a deep breath of the clear air, Maggie deftly took a bag from her pocket and started to pick, stopping every now and then to straighten her back and enjoy the familiar view.
玛吉先是在清新的空气中深深地吸了一口气，然后熟练地从口袋里掏出一个袋子，开始采摘，她时不时地会停一下，挺挺腰，欣赏一番这熟悉的景致。
In my opinion, all of the above attributes displayed by kids remain inside us and we tend to display the same every now and then but in a polished way and in a different context obviously.
在我看来，上面这些特点都是我们内在的孩子所展示出来的，而且我们总是要常常表现出来，不过明显是以一种经过修饰的方式，并且处于不同的场合。

Every now and then you read in the newspaper about somebody whose parachute failed to open and so they died.
不时地你会在报纸上看到,某人的降落伞没打开导致他们死了。
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They come up every now and then in springs and rivers and seas and lakes and things.
然而它们却时常出现,有时候是泉水，河流，大海或湖泊，或其他东西。
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Every now and then there are some crazy people who think they're Napoleon.
三不五时便会有疯子认为自己是拿破仑。
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Sure, I buy ebooks for my Kindle every now and then, but I want the bookstore!
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