dribs and drabs

基本解釋

News of that discovery, at Fermilab, trickled out in dribs and drabs over several months in 1995.
1995年費(fèi)米實(shí)驗(yàn)室那項(xiàng)發(fā)現(xiàn)的消息幾個(gè)月內(nèi)零星地泄露（透露）出一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。
After about a year of schooling as a boy—and that spread out in dribs and drabs of three months here and four months there—Lincoln taught himself.
林肯小時(shí)候大約上了一年學(xué)，但也是這兒上幾個(gè)月哪兒上幾個(gè)月這樣念的，之后他就是自學(xué)的。
Dribs and drabs. I have in mind.
點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴。我都擁有在心。

Another is the way that bad news comes to light in dribs and drabs, rather than in one cathartic revelation.
ECONOMIST: A liquidity squeeze
Holders of mutual funds lose out from such activities in dribs and drabs, since they are not able to take advantage of these price discrepancies.
ECONOMIST: Everyone’s making money except the customers The

If people or things arrive in dribs and drabs, they arrive in small numbers over a period of time rather than arriving all together.