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- The radio works in fits and starts. 这收音机时好时坏。
- Because of other commitments I can only write my book in fits and starts. 因为我有其他的事要做，所以这本书只能时写时辍。
- My car is nuisance in the winter; the engine only runs in fits and starts until it has really warmed up. 我的汽车在冬天真讨厌，引警在真正预热起来前只能转转停停。
- The replies to the advertisement are arriving in fits and starts. 广告登出后，反应断断续续地来了。
- I have a daytime job, so I can only write my book in fits and starts. 我白天要上班工作,所以书只能断断续续地写。
- Because of other commitments I can only write my book in fit and start. 因为我有其他的事要做,所以这本书只能时写时辍。
- My watch goes by fits and starts. 我的手表走走停停。
- He can't hold a constant interest in anything. He always works in fits, and starts. 他做什么事情都没有恒心，总是三天打鱼，两天晒网。
- By fits and starts or in fits and starts With irregular intervals of action and inaction; intermittently. 一阵阵地,间歇地无规则的行动和静止的交换;间歇地。
- Is it better to be a hare, scampering in fits and starts, or a tortoise, pressing relentlessly forward? 是做一只兔子，跑一阵歇一阵；还是做一只乌龟，慢慢地坚定地向前？
- Reform has come in fits and starts since doi moi began but, at present, Vietnam's palpable success encourages boldness. 自从越南开始实行特色改革以来，改革一直断断续续，不过现在显而易见的成就鼓励人们步子迈得更大一点。
- We have had two very poor games in succession and we are only performing in fits and starts. 我们连续进行了两场非常糟糕的比赛，我们只是间断地在表演。
- She did everything by fits and starts, but stuck to nothing long. 她做事总是凭一时高兴，什么事都干不长。
- War is the confirmation that the history of mankind,like the river itself,never takes a straight and rational route but proceeds in fits and starts,takes some steps forward and turns back on itself. 战争就是人类历史的见证者，历史就如同河流，从不会走一条直接的、理想化的路线，它在不规则中流淌，向前迈进几步，然后自己又倒退一些。
- War is the confirmation that the history of mankind, like the river itself, never takes a straight and rational route but proceeds in fits and starts, takes some steps forward and turns back on itself. 战争就是人类历史的见证者，历史就如同河流，从不会走一条直接的、理想化的路线，它在不规则中流淌，向前迈进几步，然后自己又倒退一些。
- Because the slow slips occur deep and at discrete intervals, they regulate the rate at which stress accumulates on the shallower part of the fault zone, which moves in fits and starts. 因为这些慢速的滑动都在较深的地方以不连续地方式发生，因此应力便累积在断层带较浅的部位，使得断层带发生间歇性地移动。
- Youth only recognizes age by fits and starts. 青春只是偶尔认识老年。
- The radio works by fits and starts. 这收音机时好时坏。
- He worked on his book by fits and starts. 他偶尔写一写他的书。
- He always does things by fits and starts. 他办事总是一阵风。
