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单词 in (or by) fits and starts
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in (or by) fits and starts

With irregular bursts of activity: the economy was recovering in fits and starts...
  • The poetry is moving forward in fits and starts.
  • Like my wife's slimming programme, this year's harvest is going in fits and starts, punctuated by incredibly hot days of activity and frustrating rest periods.
  • The improvement came slowly, sporadically, in fits and starts.

Synonyms

spasmodically, intermittently, sporadically, erratically, irregularly, interruptedly, fitfully, haphazardly, on and off, off and on, now and then, now and again
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