| 单词 | in/by fits and starts |
| 释义 | in/by fits and startsin/by fits and starts REGULARif something happens in fits and starts, it does not happen smoothly, but keeps starting and then stopping again 一阵阵地，间歇地 Technology advances by fits and starts. 技术进步断断续续。 He spoke in fits and starts. 他时断时续地说着话。 Examples from the Corpus in/by fits and starts• Electoral reform is moving ahead in fits and starts.• But his proposals for electoral reform, now moving ahead in fits and starts, contain no such provision.• But civilization was approaching in fits and starts.• It has continued in fits and starts ever since.• This means the machine tends to go forward in fits and starts, sometimes quite quickly but at other times embarrassingly slowly.• The conversation is awkward, moving in fits and starts.• He spoke in fits and starts.• Although change often unfolds in fits and starts, organisations can learn to improve. → in/by fits and starts at fit3(2) |
| 随便看 |
|
英汉双解词典包含283110条英汉词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。