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in/by fits and starts
idiom
If something happens in fits and starts, it often stops and then starts again: 间歇地;一阵一阵地
Replies to the advertisement are arriving in fits and starts.广告宣传的回应零零星星地来了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Rarely & infrequently
(every) now and then/againidiom
blue moon
day
episodic
ever and anon
few
fit
it's not every day (that)...idiom
like ships that pass in the nightidiom
occasion
occasional
occasionally
odd
one and doneidiom
one-off
one-shot
one-time
rarely
stop-go
ultra-rare
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