释义
with irregular bursts of activity
断断续续地，间歇性地，一阵阵地，不时地
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the machine tends to go forward in fits and starts .这机器常常会时断时续地向前移动。
双语例句
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Youth only recognizes age by fits and starts .
青春只是偶尔认识老年。
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Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts.
大多数人对待理想时冷时热。
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Reading is not the night five drum, is work by fits and starts.
读不在三更五鼓，功只怕一曝十寒。
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As you may know that most people in China learn English by fits and starts.
正如你所知道的，中国大多数人学习英语都是忽冷忽热。
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After a deep three-year recession the world high tech industry seems to be moving forward, if still by fits and starts.
经历了三年的严重衰退之后，目前世界高技术产业虽然还时有波动，但看起来正在步入复苏。