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Sporadic Scattered Spə'Rædik A.不定时发生的 英 Adj.不定时发生的(Oc Curring Occasionally

单词 sporadic
音标 [spə'rædik]
解释 a.不定时发生的
红宝书 【英】 adj.不定时发生的(oc curring occasionally)
【考】 反义词:chronic(长 期的)
【例】 sound of sporadic gunfire
字源 sporadic (adj.)
1680s, from Medieval Latin sporadicus "scattered," from Greek sporadikos "scattered," from sporas (genitive sporados) "scattered, dispersed," from spora "a sowing" (see spore). Originally a medical term, "occurring in scattered instances;" the meaning "happening at intervals" is first recorded 1847. Related: Sporadical (1650s); sporadically.
不择手段背单词 adj. 不定时发生的
【记】spor = sper发散, 散发, adic: 发散的-不定期的
【反】chronic(adj 长期持续的); regular(adj 规则的; 定期的); frequent(adj 时常发生的)
趣味全助记 【记】spore 孢子是零星存在的,象蒲公英的种子飘来飘去的,零零星星的

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