| 词汇 | spasmodic |
| 释义 | spasmodic adjective uk /spæzˈmɒd.ɪk/ us /spæzˈmɑː.dɪk/ happening suddenly for short periods of time and not in a regular way: 一阵阵的，间歇性的 He made spasmodic attempts to clean up the house.他会时不时来了兴致后便打扫一下屋子。 Frequency & regularity - general words (as) regular as clockworkidiom -ly clockwork endemically erratic erratically fitful irregular irregularity irregularly like clockworkidiom many on and offidiom on-off periodic periodically prevalence religiously unsynchronized would Examples of spasmodicspasmodic The perceived lack of political push from the centre resulted in spasmodic and unstructured attempts to introduce screening programmes locally. The history of the creative manipulation of words in the last hundred years is, in common with other areas of sound art, disparate and spasmodic. Observations carried on month after month at one spot are of more value than spasmodic research in diverse districts. Some could be described as being extremely active while others exercised on a more spasmodic basis. However, in the 1990s, such studies were spasmodic and rare. These disorders are distinguishable from tics in that they consist of voluntary movements and are not spasmodic. They accompany overall tensing of the limbs, clenching the fists, or other spasmodic movements. Two large males engaged in spasmodic fighting over the female, while the others sparred among themselves. Copeau and his disciples were to react strongly against that 'spasmodic and ridiculous expression of the human face' in a number of ways. On the other hand, mimicking the rhythmical breath and the spasmodic rising and falling of the chest that accompanies weeping can be utterly convincing, if well done. It is also spasmodic work. The style of his delivery could be characterised as a series of spasmodic surges featuring tonguetwisting phonetic associations that (without rehearsal) were difficult to maintain for prolonged intervals. Government influence was also very strong, if somewhat spasmodic and erratic. Gifford says that the oath was not administered consistently, and was enforced only as the result of specific, though spasmodic, directives from central government to the judges. These, however, have been spasmodic; and they have been carried out, in the main, by persons who obtained planning permission to carry out the development. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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