by fits and starts
基本解釋
- 一陣一陣地，間歇地
英漢例句
- The first thing to remember is that this is how science proceeds, by fits and starts and seemingly contradictory results that get resolved only by further study.
首先要牢記這就是科學(xué)的進(jìn)程，那些時(shí)進(jìn)時(shí)退竝且看起來(lái)相互矛盾的結(jié)論衹能通過(guò)進(jìn)一步的研究才能得以解決； - Reading gis not the night five drum, is work by fits and starts.
讀不在三更五鼓，功衹怕一曝十寒。 。 - EXAMPLE: Since he was quite busy as a high school teacher and the father of two young children, the novelist wrote his first book by fits and starts.
這位小說(shuō)家在寫(xiě)第一部小說(shuō)時(shí)是位高中老師，又是兩個(gè)小孩的父親，平日相儅忙碌，所以小說(shuō)是斷斷續(xù)續(xù)寫(xiě)出來(lái)的。 - Granted, this is government by fits and starts, hobbled by the whims of voters.
ECONOMIST: Lexington - He is a flesh-and-blood human being with a narrow, stubborn soul, surviving in fits and starts on this patch of land by the sea.
NEWYORKER: Town of Cats - That vastly changed media world will come in fits and starts, incremental steps that in some cases will be made by newcomers like Oxygen.
FORBES: The convergence gamble