stopping and starting often over a period of time, but not regularly synonym sporadic断断续续的;间歇的 intermittent bursts of applause 一阵阵的掌声 intermittent showers 阵雨
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifec2A day of intermittent rainstorms followed. 翌日,暴风雨时起时停。 The workers had been employed on an intermittent basis for many years. 这些工人已经断断续续地工作了许多年。 There had been twenty years of intermittent warfare. 战事二十年来时断时续。 They came under intermittent shellfire. 他们不时遭到炮火袭击。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIntermittent is used with these nouns:- diarrhoea
- pain
- rain
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin intermittent- ‘ceasing’, from the verb intermittere, from inter- ‘between’ + mittere ‘let go’.