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intermittent

/in-ter-mit-nt/US // ˌɪn tərˈmɪt nt //UK // (ˌɪntəˈmɪtənt) //

间歇性的,间歇性,间歇式,时断时续

Related Words

fitful合适的,合适,合适的人,合适性infrequent不经常,不常有,不常发生,不常recurrent循环性,循环性的,经常性的,反复出现的occasional偶然的,偶尔的,偶尔,偶然periodic定期,定期的,周期性的,周期性seasonal季节性的,季节性,季节recurring反复出现的,反复出现,重复出现的,反复出现的情况alternate替代的,交替的,交替使用,交替进行arrested逮捕,被逮捕的,被逮捕,逮捕了broken坏了,破损,破损的,破碎的cyclical周期性,周期性的,周期,循环discontinuous不连续的,间断的,间断性,间断性的hit-or-miss不成功便成仁,不中用,不中用的,屡试不爽interrupted被打断的,中断,被中断的,断断续续now and then时不时地,间或,时而,时不时on and off开和关,开启和关闭,打开和关闭,开和关的periodical期刊,定期,定期刊物,期货rhythmic有节奏的,有节奏感,有节奏,有节奏感的serial串行,连续,串行的,连续性spasmodic痉挛性,痉挛,痉挛式,痉挛性的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
    • : alternately functioning and not functioning or alternately functioning properly and improperly.
    • : recurrent; showing water only part of the time.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.irregular, sporadic
Synonyms
fitful合适的,合适,合适的人,合适性infrequent不经常,不常有,不常发生,不常occasional偶然的,偶尔的,偶尔,偶然periodic定期,定期的,周期性的,周期性recurrent循环性,循环性的,经常性的,反复出现的recurring反复出现的,反复出现,重复出现的,反复出现的情况seasonal季节性的,季节性,季节alternate替代的,交替的,交替使用,交替进行arrested逮捕,被逮捕的,被逮捕,逮捕了broken坏了,破损,破损的,破碎的by bits and pieces零敲碎打,零碎的,零碎,零星的checked经检查,检查过的,经查,已检查cyclic循环,循环的,环状,循环式cyclical周期性,周期性的,周期,循环discontinuing停产,终止,停工,停止使用discontinuous不连续的,间断的,间断性,间断性的epochal划时代的,划时代every other其他每一个,其他,其他所有,其它here and there这里和那里,这儿和那儿,在这里和那里,此处和彼处hit-or-miss不成功便成仁,不中用,不中用的,屡试不爽interrupted被打断的,中断,被中断的,断断续续isochronal等时线,等时性,等时针,等时线的isochronous异步的,异步,等时,等时的iterant迭代人,迭代者,迭代体,迭代器iterative迭代式,迭代,迭代的,迭代式的metrical韵律,计量学,计量,计量的now and then时不时地,间或,时而,时不时on and off开和关,开启和关闭,打开和关闭,开和关的periodical期刊,定期,定期刊物,期货punctuated斑点状的,斑驳的,斑点的,斑点状rhythmic有节奏的,有节奏感,有节奏,有节奏感的rhythmical有节奏的,有节奏感,有节奏感的,富有节奏感serial串行,连续,串行的,连续性shifting转移,转变,转动,转移的spasmodic痉挛性,痉挛,痉挛式,痉挛性的stop-and-go走走停停,即停即走,即走即停,停停走走

Examples

  • He found, for instance, that regular rewards speed up learning, whereas intermittent rewards produce behavior that’s hard to extinguish in the lab.

  • Unlike coal and natural gas, renewable resources are intermittent—meaning they don’t work when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine.

  • A University of Southern California study found that creating long-term behavioral change comes down to repetition, stable cues, and intermittent rewards.

  • Let’s watch radar, to make these intermittent rain chances manageable.

  • Sun poked through intermittent clouds, illuminating rows upon rows of the green Alaska Range that seemed to go on forever.

  • Internet availability was “intermittent” and other forms of communication scarce.

  • After six months of intermittent interrogations and several lie detector tests, Elahi got off the hook.

  • MORE FROM DAILYBURN: What 200 Calories of Nuts Looks Like [Infographic] Intermittent Fasting: Is It Right for You?

  • The missus and the kids pay intermittent lip service to living on a farm.

  • To learn more about the intermittent fasting diets discussed in this article, visit The 8-Hour Diet and The Fast Diet.

  • The brazen roar of the cannon is mingled with the intermittent rattle of innumerable machine guns.

  • After ten days of intermittent suffering, during which the valet had felt no apprehension, he had died suddenly.

  • Day after day they rode through caons and winding intermittent gullies, shallow basins, and dry washes.

  • About five minutes afterwards, in some intermittent flash of reason, he found he had got hold of something.

  • When Dr. Smith arrived, he found him suffering from an attack of intermittent fever, and hastened to render aid.

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