sporadic
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偶爾發生的
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–adjective
1. (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional:
sporadic reNEWals of [enthusiasm].
2. appearing in scattered or isolated instances, as a disease.
3. isolated, as a single instance of something; being or occurring apart from others.
4. occurring singly or widely apart in locality: the sporadic growth of plants.
Also, sporadical.
—Synonyms
3. separate, unconnected.
—Antonyms
1. continuous.
From time to time, Suzanne recognizes her neglect of young Simon and then overcompensates with sporadic bursts of affection and devotion. She remains far more concerned with the pressures of her daily life
— specifically, the problems wrought by her downstairs tenant (Hippolyte Giardot) and by Simon's ere [air] -estranged father — than with the emotional state of her young son.
see ephemera
sporadic irregular, occasional
inadvertent unintentional, heedless
oblique neither perpendicular nor parallel →indirect
ulterior concealed, future
remittent【醫】弛張的;忽輕忽重的
- Jul 10 Thu 2008 19:37
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