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单词 in or by fits and starts
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Chinese translation of 'in or by fits and starts'

in or by fits and starts

  1. 一阵(陣)一阵(陣)的 (yī zhèn yī zhèn de)
See fit

Nearby words of
in or by fits and starts

  • in one's prime
  • in or at one fell swoop
  • in or by comparison (with)
  • in or by fits and starts
  • in or on one's own time
  • in or out of (sheer) desperation
  • in or under the circumstances
(idiom) 
Definition
in spasmodic spells
Military technology advances by fits and starts.
Synonyms
spasmodically
sporadically
erratically
fitfully
The sun shone fitfully.
on and off
They have been fighting on and off throughout their married life.
irregularly
He was eating irregularly and losing weight.
intermittently
off and on
We lived together, off and on, for two years.
unsystematically
See fit

Additional synonyms

in the sense of fitfully
The sun shone fitfully.
Synonyms
irregularly,
on and off,
intermittently,
sporadically,
off and on,
erratically,
in fits and starts,
spasmodically,
in snatches,
desultorily,
by fits and starts,
interruptedly
in the sense of irregularly
He was eating irregularly and losing weight.
Synonyms
erratically,
occasionally,
now and again,
intermittently,
off and on,
anyhow,
unevenly,
fitfully,
haphazardly,
eccentrically,
spasmodically,
jerkily,
in snatches,
out of sequence,
by fits and starts,
disconnectedly,
unmethodically,
unpunctually
in the sense of off and on
Definition
occasionally
We lived together, off and on, for two years.
Synonyms
occasionally,
sometimes,
at times,
from time to time,
on and off,
now and then,
irregularly,
on occasion,
now and again,
periodically,
once in a while,
every so often,
intermittently,
at intervals,
sporadically,
every once in a while,
(every) now and again

Nearby words of
in or by fits and starts

  • in on
  • in one piece
  • in operation
  • in or by fits and starts
  • in or of two minds
  • in or out of harm's way
  • in or to someone's eyes

Synonyms of 'in or by fits and starts'

in or by fits and starts

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