- Sporadic is an adjective that you can use to refer to something that happens or appears often, but not constantly or regularly. The mail carrier comes every day but the plumber's visits are sporadic––he comes as needed.
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- adj. 零星的，间或的，不定时发生的
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1. sporadic fighting, sporadic gunfire
零星的战斗、零星的炮火、
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2. sporadic outbreaks of the disease
那种疾病的偶尔爆发
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3. She attended lectures only sporadically.
她只是偶尔听听课。
- 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.
spor·ad·ic / spəˈrædɪk ; NAmE spəˈrædɪk / adjective happening only occasionally or at intervals that are not regular 偶尔发生的；间或出现的；阵发性的；断断续续的 SYN intermittent ◆ sporadic fighting/gunfire/violence, etc. 零星的战斗、一阵一阵的炮火、间或发生的暴力事件等 ◆ sporadic outbreaks of the disease 那种疾病的偶尔爆发 ▶ spor·ad·ic·al·ly / spəˈrædɪkli ; NAmE spəˈrædɪkli / adverb ◆ She attended lectures only sporadically. 她只是偶尔听听课。 ◆ Fighting continued sporadically for two months. 战斗断断续续地进行了两个月。 spor·ad·ic / spəˈrædɪk ; NAmE spəˈrædɪk / spor·ad·ic·al·ly / spəˈrædɪkli ; NAmE spəˈrædɪkli /
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