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Episodic Time Cough Intervals Series Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英

英语单词 episodic
英美音标 英 [ˌepɪ'sɒdɪk] 美 [ˌepɪ'sɑːdɪk]
中文释义 adj.插曲式的;偶然发生的;短暂的;由一系列片段组成的
英语例句 (1) This is an old-fashioned episodic show.
(2) The book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together.
(3) Bleeding may be continuous but is usually episodic.
(4) The pain initially was steady, but after seeral hours became episodic.
中文例句 (1) 这是个老式的插话式系列剧。
(2) 这本书是插话式的,事件并不总是连贯发生的。
(3) 出血可以是持续的,但常是间歇的。
(4) 起初疼痛无变化,但数小时后变成发作性的痛。
vocabulary简明 If you have an episodic interest in professional sports, you pay attention to sports from time to time, but you're not a regular fan. The adjective episodic is often used to mean "occasional" or "every once in a while."
vocabulary扩展 If you have a bad cough that comes and goes, you could call it an "episodic condition." When used in this way, episodic suggests that the cough appears at irregular, or random, intervals. Episodic can also describe the way certain stories are told. An "episodic narrative" is a story that is told through a series of episodes, or segments. A soap opera on television, for instance, is an episodic program.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不定期发生的;偶尔发生的 Something that is episodic occurs at irregular and infrequent intervals.
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...episodic attacks of fever.

    不定期的发烧

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](写作或电影)有许多片段的,不连贯的 An episodic piece of writing or film consists of a series of events, which often seem not to be connected.
  • ...an episodic narrative of unrelated characters connected only by time and place.

    仅靠时间和地点把那些不相关的角色联系在一起的片段式叙述

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