| 单词 | spasmodic |
| 释义 | spasmodic adjective uk/spæzˈmɒd.ɪk/us/spæzˈmɑː.dɪk/happeningsuddenlyforshortperiodsoftimeand not in aregularway: 一阵阵的，间歇性的He made spasmodicattemptstocleanup thehouse.他会时不时来了兴致后便打扫一下屋子。 Frequency & regularity - general words
Examplesofspasmodicspasmodic The perceived lack of political push from the centre resulted inspasmodicand unstructured attempts to introduce screening programmes locally. From theCambridge English Corpus The history of the creative manipulation of words in the last hundred years is, in common with other areas of sound art, disparate andspasmodic. From theCambridge English Corpus Observations carried on month after month at one spot are of more value thanspasmodicresearch in diverse districts. From theCambridge English Corpus Some could be described as being extremely active while others exercised on a morespasmodicbasis. From theCambridge English Corpus However, in the 1990s, such studies werespasmodicand rare. From theCambridge English Corpus These disorders are distinguishable from tics in that they consist of voluntary movements and are notspasmodic. From theCambridge English Corpus They accompany overall tensing of the limbs, clenching the fists, or otherspasmodicmovements. From theCambridge English Corpus Two large males engaged inspasmodicfighting over the female, while the others sparred among themselves. From theCambridge English Corpus Copeau and his disciples were to react strongly against that 'spasmodicand ridiculous expression of the human face' in a number of ways. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other hand, mimicking the rhythmical breath and thespasmodicrising and falling of the chest that accompanies weeping can be utterly convincing, if well done. From theCambridge English Corpus It is alsospasmodicwork. From theCambridge English Corpus The style of his delivery could be characterised as a series ofspasmodicsurges featuring tonguetwisting phonetic associations that (without rehearsal) were difficult to maintain for prolonged intervals. From theCambridge English Corpus Government influence was also very strong, if somewhatspasmodicand erratic. From theCambridge English Corpus Gifford says that the oath was not administered consistently, and was enforced only as the result of specific, thoughspasmodic, directives from central government to the judges. From theCambridge English Corpus These, however, have beenspasmodic; 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 theOpen 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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