| 单词 | intermittently |
| 释义 | intermittently (once / 6414 pages) adv The adverb intermittently describes something that starts, then stops, then starts up again. If you studied intermittently last night, that means sometimes you studied but sometimes you took breaks to do other things. If something happens intermittently, it doesn’t happen all the time or in a steady flow, but goes in fits and starts. It might rain intermittently on Monday or your car might intermittently refuse to start. Make sure you spell intermittently with two “t”s. You can blame the Latin for that: intermittently evolved from the Latin root intermittĕre, which means “to cease.” WORD FAMILYintermittent: intermittence, intermittency, intermittently+/intermittence: intermittences/intermittency: intermittencies USAGE EXAMPLESThe quakes continued to strike intermittently early Sunday. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The seepage was first detected by infrared cameras on Saturday, and continued intermittently through Monday. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) Intermittently they removed the pistol he used from its evidence bag in the centre of the courtroom. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) adv in an intermittent manner intermittently we questioned the barometer |
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