| 单词 | intermittent |
| 释义 | intermittent (once / 1705 pages) adj Reach for the adjective intermittent to describe periodic movement and stopping and starting over a period of time. The adjective intermittent modifies things that work or stop and start at periodic intervals. An interesting use of something intermittent is a metronome, a device that marks off time in music by making a sound in a regular pattern. It provides structure for musicians, especially when there are several instruments all playing different melodies at the same time. Other intermittent things are the windshield wipers on your car and thank goodness for them when it rains! WORD FAMILYintermittent: intermittence, intermittency, intermittently+/intermittence: intermittences/intermittency: intermittencies USAGE EXAMPLESHe refused to let intermittent monsoons derail his appointed rounds. Golf Digest(Jan 02, 2017) This led to more arrests, and then to torture and years of intermittent imprisonment. The New Yorker(Dec 29, 2016) The talks would be distinct from intermittent U.N.-brokered negotiations and not initially involve the United States. Reuters(Dec 28, 2016) adj stopping and starting at irregular intervals intermittent rain showers Syn sporadic recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances |
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