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periodically

/peer-ee-od-ik-lee/US // ˌpɪər iˈɒd ɪk li //

定期地,定期,周期性地,定期的

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : at irregular intervals of time; intermittently: Internships of various types are available periodically.You will need to recharge the battery periodically; the recharge interval will vary depending upon use.
    • : at regular or somewhat regular intervals of time: By periodically—perhaps monthly—performing this test, you can quantitatively assess the impact of your training.

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Examples

  • This is evident not only in the upheaval that stretched from Atlanta to Wisconsin this year, but in the periodic upheaval that has repeated across the last century.

  • The periodic unwinding of these positions adds further price volatility to tech stocks.

  • Even before the pandemic, companies were facing mounting losses from periodic supply chain bottlenecks and shutdowns.

  • By varying the exposure to fuel in a periodic pattern, the temperature varies and the micromuscle accordions.

  • She’s the creative mind behind many of our website’s beguiling video explainers, including a recent one on how an element earns a place on the periodic table.

  • She would periodically show up at the house and stay in the attic, where she hung beads and burned incense.

  • Take, for instance, those with sleep apnea, in which breathing periodically stops and starts throughout the night.

  • “Ahhhmm-hmmmm,” our ranger periodically grunts, signaling our friendly intentions.

  • Time passed, and periodically a scholarly blog would raise a metaphorical eyebrow about the lack of test results.

  • The North periodically launches Scuds, like the ones on Thursday, and sometimes these events have geopolitical meaning.

  • And furthermore, I imagine something else about this—quite unlike the old Bible—I imagine all of it periodically revised.

  • To avoid the damp and cold of English winters he was periodically taken to the south of France.

  • The tidal rivers mentioned previously are actually estuaries of Chesapeake Bay and they flow periodically inland.

  • One of the finest sights in the church is that which the guilds of the place periodically make.

  • Then matters became strangely complicated, as they seem to be periodically throughout Irish history.