sporadic
sporadic 英 [spəˈrædɪk] 美 [spəˈrædɪk, spɔ-]
adj. 零星的；分散的；不定时发生的
- 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；分散的；不定时发生的
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1. If you’re finding sporadic periods of laziness throughout the day, it could be because you don’t take enough breaks (see #2), and you don’t have the day mapped out as efficiently as you could.
如果你一整天当中不定时地出现零星的懒惰行为，也许因为是你没有得到充足的休息（参见第2条），和没有尽可能有效地详细制定一天的计划。
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2. Therefore, based on current information, these instances of drug resistance appear to represent sporadic cases of resistance.
因此，根据当前的信息，这些耐药性病例似乎体现为零星的耐药案例。
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3. But outbreaks and sporadic importations continue to affect an additional four countries in Africa.
但是，疫情和零星输入情况继续影响到非洲另外四个国家。
- 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.
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