intermittently:间歇地;断断续续地;时有时无地(指某事发生或持续并不连贯,中间有停顿或空档)。
The internet connection works intermittently.
网络连接时好时坏。
She worked intermittently on the novel over ten years, returning to it whenever she had time.
她断断续续地写那部小说长达十年,只要有空就回头继续写。
来自 intermittent(间歇的)+ -ly(副词后缀)。intermittent 源于拉丁语 intermittere,意为“让……中断、暂停”(inter- “在……之间” + mittere “放、送”)。因此 intermittently 强调“在一段持续过程中,夹杂着停顿”。