fits and starts
短语间歇的 断断续续的
发音
AU
词形变化
only
复数
释义与例句
n.
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1.
Activity which is intermittent, variable in intensity, and prolonged by interruptions.
习语 仅复数Progress in this project has come in fits and starts.
2007, "Australian Premier vows troops pullout," Gulf Daily News (Bahrain), 22 Dec., Paying for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in fits and starts undermines US military planning and risks the gains made by US troops.