stop-go
adjective[before noun]
UKuk/ˌstɒpˈɡəʊ/us/ˌstɑːpˈɡoʊ/A stop-gosituationis one in which there areperiodsofdevelopmentandactivityquicklyfollowedbyperiodswithoutactivity,especiallyin a country'seconomy:
(尤指国家经济)发展与停顿交替的The UK cannotaffordanother stop-gocycleofeconomicdevelopment.英国再也经受不起经济时而发展、时而停滞的循环了。
Rarely & infrequently
- (every) now and then/againidiom
- blue moon
- ever and anon
- every
- few
- fit
- in/by fits and startsidiom
- occasion
- occasional
- occasionally
- odd
- odd jobs
- once
- one
- one-shot
- one-time
- rarely
- seldom
- ship
- time