| 英语单词 | sporadically |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [spə'rædɪkli] 美 [spə'rædɪkli] |
| 中文释义 | adv.偶发地;零星地 |
| 英语例句 | (1) There are some trees sporadically around his house. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他房子周围零星地有点树木。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Something that happens sporadically doesn't occur with regularity, but rather periodically or occasionally. You might meet sporadically with your cousins, usually on minor holidays like Memorial Day or Flag Day. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Sporadically comes from the Greek word sporadikos, meaning scattered, with the root word spora, which means sowing. Imagine sowing seed by scattering it, and you'll get the hit-or-miss sense of sporadically. There is no pattern to the frequency of an event that occurs sporadically. Working sporadically is hard because you lack a steady income and never know when you'll be busy, but traveling sporadically can be fun. |
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