stopping and starting often over a period of time, but not regularly断断续续的；间歇的 synonym sporadic- intermittent bursts of applause一阵阵的掌声
- intermittent showers阵雨
Extra Examples- A day of intermittent rainstorms followed.翌日，暴风雨时起时停。
- The workers had been employed on an intermittent basis for many years.这些工人是间歇性工作多年的。
- There had been twenty years of intermittent warfare.战事二十年来时断时续。
- They came under intermittent shellfire.他们遭到间歇性的炮火袭击。
Topics Working lifec2Oxford Collocations DictionaryIntermittent is used with these nouns: See full entry Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin intermittent- ‘ceasing’, from the verb intermittere, from inter- ‘between’ + mittere ‘let go’.