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单词 episodic
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Definition of episodic in English:

episodic

adjective ˌɛpɪˈsɒdɪkˌɛpəˈsɑdɪk
  • 1Containing or consisting of a series of separate parts or events.

    由一系列独立部分(或事件)组成的

    an episodic narrative

    由几个独立部分组成的一个故事。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's told in a series of episodic bursts that connect at points then disperse, flashing across a literary landscape that includes fairy tales, myths, children's stories and nineteenth century classics.
    • With its somewhat episodic storyline, Nicholas Nickleby certainly poses some difficult challenges for a filmmaker looking to conflate a seven hundred page novel into a clear visual narrative.
    • It's a clever device which does much to overcome the slightly episodic nature of the narrative.
    • He's like James Joyce, his novels are episodic and open-ended; they go all over the place, in seven directions at once.
    • It all works in outline, but the episodic unfolding of events lacks energy.
    • The episodic nature of the work made it difficult to relate to the characters or to feel involved.
    • Closely related to whether a story is thematic or episodic is its length.
    • Unfortunately, the film really doesn't have a narrative, just an episodic series of events.
    • The discussion of this resistance that follows is necessarily episodic, highlighting particular individuals and events.
    • Kurosawa presents his episodic tale with unmatched visual grace.
    • All of these characters reveal themselves to Celestine slowly, in a series of scenes that give the narrative a leisurely, episodic feel.
    • The main characters are lacklustre, the jokes weak and the episodic story derivative.
    • The variables coded included the dateline, main subject, story length and whether the story was episodic or thematic.
    • This episodic tale, with no particular beginning or end, transfixes the reader with its trips up and down the rabbit hole of language.
    • Structurally, it works - the disjointed narrative gives it an episodic feel, but you're never left hanging, wanting to know what happens next.
    • Her country's epochal events form the colorful backdrop for her breathless and episodic recounting of her own journey of self-transformation.
    • The progression of the story is somewhat episodic, as is characteristic of many of Dickens' tales.
    • It is made up of more than isolated and episodic stories.
    • Moreover, the narrative structure of short story cycles mirrors the episodic and unchronological method of oral narration.
    • First, they are presented as episodic, focusing on single events rather than issues and analysis.
    Synonyms
    in episodes, in instalments, in sections, in parts
    1. 1.1 Occurring occasionally and at irregular intervals.
      偶尔发生的;断断续续的
      volcanic activity is highly episodic in nature

      火山活动实际上是断断续续的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Instead of focusing on stable conservatism, some emphasize episodic radicalism and periods of dramatic upheaval.
      • Respondents who reported drinking hard liquor at their last drinking event were almost 12 times more likely to report that the event resulted in heavy episodic drinking.
      • Stressors may be acute, sequential, episodic, chronically intermittent, sustained, or anticipated.
      • COPD is characterized by chronic airflow obstruction and episodic increases in sputum production, cough and dyspnea.
      • Leebaert quite rightly begins by emphasizing how episodic America's attention to foreign events has been.
      • However, due to the episodic nature of thrombosis, interaction with components is required before onset of the clinical disorder.
      • Liquid water, derived from these underground reservoirs, may exist again on the Martian surface in the future because of episodic changes in atmospheric thickness.
      • In addition to permanently acidified lakes, there are also episodic decreases in pH in dilute, but usually non-acid lakes, caused by runoff of acid snow melt in the spring.
      • Transnational problems are often episodic and sporadic and are difficult to plan for.
      • Students who reported that their last drinking event was a date were strongly protected against the event being a heavy episodic drinking event.
      • In short, they all had episodic cough, wheezing, dyspnea, and normal chest roentgenography results.
      • This result probably reflects the short duration and self-limiting nature of the episodic tension-type headache. [Evidence level A, RCT]
      • Major coal-forming events in the Earth's history are episodic, but only one such event has widely affected both hemispheres simultaneously.
      • Over the full span of U.S. history, having huge armed forces has been an episodic, decidedly temporary event, but for today's Americans under the age of 70 this situation is all they have ever known.
      • In their most recent heavy episodic drinking event, students most often drank with friends (either from school or not) and their partner/spouse.
      • Many causes of abdominal pain are episodic in nature, but the episodes may be weeks to months apart.
      • For episodic outbursts, success often results from combining drug therapy with a careful analysis of the context and precipitants of the outburst.
      • All the drinking events examined in the Clapp et al. study were heavy episodic drinking events.
      • Thrombosis risk factors predispose towards thrombosis but, due to the episodic nature of thrombosis, interaction with other components is required before onset of the clinical disorder.
      • The scattered and episodic nature of today's threats, however, requires much more precise and constant monitoring.
      Synonyms
      intermittent, irregular, sporadic, periodic, fitful, spasmodic, occasional
      uneven, scattered, patchy, on and off, on again and off again, in fits and starts
  • 2(of a programme or story) broadcast or published as a series of instalments.

    (电视或广播节目)分集连续播出的;(杂志上的小说)连载的

    episodic television is a difficult medium to write for
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The show is crafted as a visual novel; most of episodic television, even when its very good, is crafted as a series of short stories…
    • He moved into directing episodic television, winning a DGA nomination for his work on the Emmy-winning drama ER.
    • One reason it's too early to make a real assessment is because it's clear the writers have just given up making episodic television.
    • The most difficult part of episodic television, I would think, is generating reasonable motivations/keeping track of all these characters.
    • Once you've completed the entire five episodic adventures, you can create your very own scenarios with the editing tools included.

Derivatives

  • episodical

  • adjective
  • episodically

  • adverb
    • The daily press, by the very nature of the medium, has a hard time following these stories in any way but episodically.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They did report the cholera outbreak, but very briefly and episodically.
      • Migraine occurs episodically, often without warning and can last anything from four hours to three days with symptoms varying from relatively mild discomfort to a totally disabling condition.
      • She is suspicious of doctors and nurses and takes her medication only episodically.
      • The meal unfolds episodically and informally, with new dishes being ordered whenever anyone feels like them; then pooled, passed around, and left on the table for whoever wants them next.

Rhymes

aperiodic, geodic, melodic, methodic, monodic, parodic, periodic, prosodic, psalmodic, rhapsodic, Roddick, spasmodic, threnodic

Definition of episodic in US English:

episodic

adjectiveˌepəˈsädikˌɛpəˈsɑdɪk
  • 1Containing or consisting of a series of loosely connected parts or events.

    由一系列独立部分(或事件)组成的

    an episodic narrative

    由几个独立部分组成的一个故事。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Kurosawa presents his episodic tale with unmatched visual grace.
    • With its somewhat episodic storyline, Nicholas Nickleby certainly poses some difficult challenges for a filmmaker looking to conflate a seven hundred page novel into a clear visual narrative.
    • The discussion of this resistance that follows is necessarily episodic, highlighting particular individuals and events.
    • First, they are presented as episodic, focusing on single events rather than issues and analysis.
    • Unfortunately, the film really doesn't have a narrative, just an episodic series of events.
    • Moreover, the narrative structure of short story cycles mirrors the episodic and unchronological method of oral narration.
    • The progression of the story is somewhat episodic, as is characteristic of many of Dickens' tales.
    • The main characters are lacklustre, the jokes weak and the episodic story derivative.
    • This episodic tale, with no particular beginning or end, transfixes the reader with its trips up and down the rabbit hole of language.
    • Her country's epochal events form the colorful backdrop for her breathless and episodic recounting of her own journey of self-transformation.
    • It's a clever device which does much to overcome the slightly episodic nature of the narrative.
    • It is made up of more than isolated and episodic stories.
    • The episodic nature of the work made it difficult to relate to the characters or to feel involved.
    • Structurally, it works - the disjointed narrative gives it an episodic feel, but you're never left hanging, wanting to know what happens next.
    • The variables coded included the dateline, main subject, story length and whether the story was episodic or thematic.
    • All of these characters reveal themselves to Celestine slowly, in a series of scenes that give the narrative a leisurely, episodic feel.
    • It's told in a series of episodic bursts that connect at points then disperse, flashing across a literary landscape that includes fairy tales, myths, children's stories and nineteenth century classics.
    • Closely related to whether a story is thematic or episodic is its length.
    • It all works in outline, but the episodic unfolding of events lacks energy.
    • He's like James Joyce, his novels are episodic and open-ended; they go all over the place, in seven directions at once.
    Synonyms
    in episodes, in instalments, in sections, in parts
    1. 1.1 Occurring occasionally and at irregular intervals.
      偶尔发生的;断断续续的
      volcanic activity is highly episodic in nature

      火山活动实际上是断断续续的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • COPD is characterized by chronic airflow obstruction and episodic increases in sputum production, cough and dyspnea.
      • Students who reported that their last drinking event was a date were strongly protected against the event being a heavy episodic drinking event.
      • In short, they all had episodic cough, wheezing, dyspnea, and normal chest roentgenography results.
      • For episodic outbursts, success often results from combining drug therapy with a careful analysis of the context and precipitants of the outburst.
      • Thrombosis risk factors predispose towards thrombosis but, due to the episodic nature of thrombosis, interaction with other components is required before onset of the clinical disorder.
      • However, due to the episodic nature of thrombosis, interaction with components is required before onset of the clinical disorder.
      • Leebaert quite rightly begins by emphasizing how episodic America's attention to foreign events has been.
      • All the drinking events examined in the Clapp et al. study were heavy episodic drinking events.
      • Stressors may be acute, sequential, episodic, chronically intermittent, sustained, or anticipated.
      • Liquid water, derived from these underground reservoirs, may exist again on the Martian surface in the future because of episodic changes in atmospheric thickness.
      • Many causes of abdominal pain are episodic in nature, but the episodes may be weeks to months apart.
      • Respondents who reported drinking hard liquor at their last drinking event were almost 12 times more likely to report that the event resulted in heavy episodic drinking.
      • Transnational problems are often episodic and sporadic and are difficult to plan for.
      • This result probably reflects the short duration and self-limiting nature of the episodic tension-type headache. [Evidence level A, RCT]
      • In addition to permanently acidified lakes, there are also episodic decreases in pH in dilute, but usually non-acid lakes, caused by runoff of acid snow melt in the spring.
      • Major coal-forming events in the Earth's history are episodic, but only one such event has widely affected both hemispheres simultaneously.
      • Instead of focusing on stable conservatism, some emphasize episodic radicalism and periods of dramatic upheaval.
      • In their most recent heavy episodic drinking event, students most often drank with friends (either from school or not) and their partner/spouse.
      • The scattered and episodic nature of today's threats, however, requires much more precise and constant monitoring.
      • Over the full span of U.S. history, having huge armed forces has been an episodic, decidedly temporary event, but for today's Americans under the age of 70 this situation is all they have ever known.
      Synonyms
      intermittent, irregular, sporadic, periodic, fitful, spasmodic, occasional
    2. 1.2 (of a television or radio program or magazine story) broadcast or published as a series of installments.
      (电视或广播节目)分集连续播出的;(杂志上的小说)连载的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The most difficult part of episodic television, I would think, is generating reasonable motivations/keeping track of all these characters.
      • The show is crafted as a visual novel; most of episodic television, even when its very good, is crafted as a series of short stories…
      • He moved into directing episodic television, winning a DGA nomination for his work on the Emmy-winning drama ER.
      • Once you've completed the entire five episodic adventures, you can create your very own scenarios with the editing tools included.
      • One reason it's too early to make a real assessment is because it's clear the writers have just given up making episodic television.
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