Word · Frequency #13757
intermittently
间歇地；断断续续地
核心释义
stopping and starting at intervals; occurring at irregular intervals
- 1.
间歇地；断断续续地。
Stopping or starting at intervals.
- 2.
间歇地
in an intermittent manner
间歇地；断断续续地。；间歇地
用法In use
The old radio worked intermittently, so we had to move around the room to hear the news.
用法提示：intermittently（副词）表示行为断断续续，时有时无。
Rain fell intermittently throughout the afternoon, but the picnic went on as planned.
用法提示：副词intermittently修饰动词fell，说明下雨时停时续。
The pain in his knee returned intermittently, especially after long walks.
用法提示：intermittently作副词修饰returned，意为间歇地出现。
intermittently we questioned the barometer
intermittently + verb
intermittently 常放在实义动词前，强调动作时断时续。
The Wi-Fi connection intermittently drops.
无线网络连接会间歇性地中断。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- occur intermittently
- 间歇性地发生
- The symptoms may occur intermittently throughout the day.症状可能全天间歇性地出现。
- intermittently available
- 时有时无的；间歇性可用的
- The website has been intermittently available since yesterday.该网站从昨天起就时好时坏。
- rain intermittently
- 断断续续地下雨
- It rained intermittently all afternoon.整个下午雨下下停停。
- intermittently connected
- 间歇性连接的
- My phone is intermittently connected to the Wi-Fi network.我的手机间歇性地连接到Wi-Fi网络。
- intermittently active
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：inter（之间）+ mitten（手套）→ 手套戴了脱、脱了戴，事情断断续续发生。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：weather reports、medical descriptions、technical manuals 该词为中性偏正式用词，通常用于书面或较正式场合，如天气报告、医疗描述和技术说明；在日常口语中较少单独使用，而更常用 on and off 或 every so often 等表达。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the final unstressed syllable /əntli/ with intermittently, spelled -ently (or -iently in patiently). None of them rhymes with intermittently, because the stress falls on different syllables: intermittently stresses /mɪt/, while frequently and recently stress /iː/, differently stresses /ɪf/, consistently and persistently stress /sɪst/, and patiently stresses /peɪ/. Beware lookalikes such as gently /ˈdʒɛntli/, which looks similar to an -ently ending but has no /ə/ before /ntli/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.