happening only occasionally or at intervals that are not regular synonym intermittent偶尔发生的;间或出现的;阵发性的;断断续续的 sporadic fighting/gunfire/violence 零星的战斗/枪声/暴力 sporadic outbreaks of the disease 那种疾病的散发
Extra ExamplesSporadic fighting continued through the next day. 零星的战斗持续到第二天。 Sporadic gunfire was reported each night. 报道称每夜都有零星的炮火。 The findings are derived from sporadic and statistically unreliable surveys. 这些发现来自零星的、统计上不可靠的调查。 There are sporadic outbreaks of violence. 零星爆发了暴力事件。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySporadic is used with these nouns:- fighting
- gunfire
- outbreak
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent.: via medieval Latin from Greek sporadikos, from sporas, sporad- ‘scattered’; related to speirein ‘to sow’.