in fits and starts

in fits and starts

美 　英

• 网络一阵阵地；断断续续地；间歇地

英汉解释

na.	1. stopping and starting again many times, rather than progressing steadily

例句

Ever since the sexual revolution, television has tried to break out of June Cleaver mode, but only in fits and starts.

自从性别革命以来，电视就想要打破朱恩.克里夫模式，但是一直出现反复。

Even the mortgage-backed securities market in Europe has developed in fits and starts and has yet to be fully integrated.

甚至欧洲按揭证券市场通过间歇性发展，至今已完全成型。

But in fits and starts, something new might be stirring at Xinhua, something at times resembling muckracking.

但时不时的，一些新动向可能正在新华社萌动，一些有时象是揭发黑幕的事情。

But in terms of hazard the situation appears to be improving, if in fits and starts.

但是就从现在的危险困境来看，事情似乎有了转机。

In fits and starts, and with various reverses, the situation at the plant has come closer to being under control.

通过一系列合适的方案，局势开始发生转变，核电站逐渐被控制住了。

Over the past several decades, scientists have struggled in fits and starts to get a handle on sexual orientation.

在过去几十年中，科学家们一阵一阵的试图努力把握性取向。

Meanwhile reconstruction, the key to a stable Afghanistan, moves in fits and starts.

与此同时，重建——一个稳定的阿富汗的关键所在，断断续续，忽冷忽热。

My car is nuisance in the winter; the engine only runs in fits and starts until it has really warmed up.

我的汽车在冬天真讨厌，引警在真正预热起来前只能转转停停。

Reform has come in fits and starts since doi moi began but, at present, Vietnam's palpable success encourages boldness.

自从越南开始实行特色改革以来，改革一直断断续续，不过现在显而易见的成就鼓励人们步子迈得更大一点。

Aerial refueling developed in fits and starts from its gutsy beginnings.

空中加油从这次勇敢的起点开始了它的稳步发展。

The promised modernization of the financial system has happened only in fits and starts.

而承诺实施的金融体系现代化改革不过是在有一搭没一搭地进行着。

But now, in fits and starts, medicine is at long last catching up.

但现在，渐渐的，医学也终于赶上了信息技术的浪潮。

The IMF and the World Bank, pragmatic institutions from the outset, have adapted already, in fits and starts.

成立起就务实的国际货币基金组织和世界银行已经在断断续续地改革。

The warming has moved in fits and starts, and the cumulative increase may sound modest.

时断时续发生，累计增加的暖化情况听起来不那么严重。

The distinct rungs suggest the outflow occurs in fits and starts.

明显的层次表明流溢的间歇和开始。

The Blue Dogs' evolution has proceeded in fits and starts.

蓝狗的“进化”时断时续。

Is it better to be a hare, scampering in fits and starts, or a tortoise, pressing relentlessly forward?

是做一只兔子，跑一阵歇一阵；还是做一只乌龟，慢慢地坚定向前呢？

Sometimes these efforts move in fits and starts.

有些时候，这些努力也能间歇性地奏效。

The rise in the Chinese currency engineered by Beijing has gone in fits and starts.

由北京策划的人民币升值一直是间歇性的。

We all can see the economy is recovering in fits and starts.

我们都能看到经济复苏是时作时辍。

I have a daytime job , so I can only write my book in fits and starts .

我白天要上班工作，所以书只能断断续续地写。

He has done this only in fits and starts.

他已做的仅仅还在适应和开始中。

This unfortunately has lead to unhealthy economic policy that moves in fits and starts

不幸的是，这已经导致了那些间断变化的不利的经济政策。