in fits and starts
US /ɪn fɪts ænd stɑrts/
・UK /ɪn fɪts ænd stɑ:ts/
B2 中高級
adv. phr.斷斷續續地，不連貫地
He worked on his project in fits and starts over the year.
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華特·艾薩克森談他稱之為「史上最偉大的一句話」！ (Walter Isaacson on what he calls 'The Greatest Sentence Ever Written')
- so do we, as a country, as over the course of generations, we have lived up to the promise in fits and starts.
我們國家也是，經過幾代人的努力，我們斷斷續續地實現了這個承諾。
- So it's a sentence that keeps pushing us forward, even though our progress comes in fits and starts.
所以這句話不斷推動我們前進，即使我們的進步是斷斷續續的。
