单词fits-and-starts
网络: 停时进型
Ever since the sexual revolution, television has tried to break out of June Cleaver mode, but only in fits and starts.
自从性别革命以来，电视就想要打破朱恩.克里夫模式，但是一直出现反复。
By fits and starts, because you could only borrow the book "for one night. " And how much can you manage to read in one night?
从开始便是一阵紧张，因为这本书只能借一晚，一晚上能读多少呢？
After a deep three-year recession the world high tech industry seems to be moving forward, if still by fits and starts.
经历了三年的严重衰退之后，目前世界高技术产业虽然还时有波动，但看起来正在步入复苏。
Even the mortgage-backed securities market in Europe has developed in fits and starts and has yet to be fully integrated.
甚至欧洲按揭证券市场通过间歇性发展，至今已完全成型。
But in fits and starts, something new might be stirring at Xinhua, something at times resembling muckracking.
但时不时的，一些新动向可能正在新华社萌动，一些有时象是揭发黑幕的事情。
But in terms of hazard the situation appears to be improving, if in fits and starts.
但是就从现在的危险困境来看，事情似乎有了转机。
In fits and starts, and with various reverses, the situation at the plant has come closer to being under control.
通过一系列合适的方案，局势开始发生转变，核电站逐渐被控制住了。
He failed to get a fixed job, but went here and there working by fits and starts .
他只是断断续续地一会儿在这儿干，一会又在那儿干，从没有一份固定的工作。
Over the past several decades, scientists have struggled in fits and starts to get a handle on sexual orientation.
在过去几十年中，科学家们一阵一阵的试图努力把握性取向。
Meanwhile reconstruction, the key to a stable Afghanistan, moves in fits and starts.
与此同时，重建——一个稳定的阿富汗的关键所在，断断续续，忽冷忽热。